eighteen

See also: Eighteen

English

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Cardinal: eighteen     Ordinal: eighteenth     Abbreviated ordinal: 18th     Adverbial: eighteen times     Fractional: eighteenth

Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 18. Roman symbols: XVIII

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw

Proto-Germanic *ahtōu

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Germanic *tehun

Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun

Anglian Old English eahtatēne

Middle English eightetene

English eighteen

From Middle English eightetene, eiȝtene, ehtetene, from Old English eahtatīene, eahtatēne, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with West Frisian achttjin, Dutch achttien, German achtzehn, Danish atten.

Equivalent to eight +‎ -teen.

Pronunciation

• (next word stressed near the first syllable)

  (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ(t).tin/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.tiːn/

• Audio (US):

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• (next word stressed after the first syllable)

  (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ(t)ˈtin/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪˈtiːn/

• Rhymes: -iːn

Numeral

eighteen

1. The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
   • 1971, Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution:

     The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

Derived terms

• eighteenish
• Eighteen Mile
• eighteenmo
• eighteenpence
• eighteenpenny
• eighteen-wheeler

Related terms

• Ordinal: eighteenth

Translations

cardinal number

• Afrikaans: agtien (af), agttien (af)
• Albanian: tetëmbëdhjetë (sq)
• Altai:

  Southern Altai: он сегис (on segis)

• American Sign Language:
• Amharic: አስራ ስምንት (ʾäsra səmnət)
• Arabic: ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ (ṯamāniyata ʕašara)

  Egyptian Arabic: تمنتاشر (tamantāšar)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew script: תמנעסר m (tmāna‘sar), תמנעסרא f (tmāna‘esrē)

  Syriac: ܬܡܢܥܣܪ m (tmāna‘sar), ܬܡܢܥܣܪܐ f (tmāna‘esrē)

• Armenian: տասնութ (hy) (tasnutʻ)

  Old Armenian: ութեւտասն (utʻewtasn)

• Asturian: dieciocho (ast)
• Aymara: tunka kimsaqallquni
• Azerbaijani: on səkkiz (az)
• Bashkir: ун һигеҙ (on hegið)
• Basque: hemezortzi (eu), hamazortzi (eu)
• Belarusian: васямна́ццаць (vasjamnáccacʹ), васемна́ццаць (be) (vasjemnáccacʹ)
• Bengali: আঠারো (bn) (aṭharō) (numeral: ১৮)
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: kagwalo

• Breton: triwec'h (br)
• Bulgarian: осемна́десет (osemnádeset), осемна́йсет (osemnájset)
• Burmese: ဆယ့်ရှစ် (hcai.hrac) (numeral: ၁၈)
• Buryat: арбан найман (arban najman)
• Carpathian Rusyn: вусямна́дцять (vusjamnádcjatʹ)
• Catalan: divuit (ca)

  Valencian: díhuit (ca)

• Cebuano: napulog walo
• Chechen: берхӏитта (berhitta)
• Cherokee: ᏁᎳᏚ (neladu)
• Chichewa: khumi n'zisanu n'zitatu
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 十八 (sap⁶ baat³)

  Hakka: 十八 (sṳ̍p-pat)

  Mandarin: 十八 (zh) (shíbā)

• Chuvash: вунсаккӑр (vuns̬akkăr), вунсакӑр (vuns̬ak̬ăr)
• Cornish: etek
• Cree: ᐊᔨᓇᓀᐅᐧᓴᑊ (ayinaneoysap)
• Czech: osmnáct (cs)
• Danish: atten (da)
• Dena'ina: łtaqul'i beq'di
• Dhivehi: އަށާރަ (aṣāra)
• Dutch: achttien (nl) f
• Dzongkha: བཅོ་བརྒྱད (bco brgyad)
• Esperanto: dek ok
• Estonian: kaheksateist (et)
• Faroese: átjan
• Fijian: tini ka walu
• Finnish: kahdeksantoista (fi)
• French: dix-huit (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: achttjin (fy)

• Friulian: disevot
• Galician: dezaoito (gl)
• Georgian: თვრამეტი (ka) (tvrameṭi)
• German: achtzehn (de)
• Greek: δεκαοκτώ (el) (dekaoktó)

  Ancient Greek: ὀκτωκαίδεκα (oktōkaídeka), ιη΄ (numeral)

• Greenlandic: arfersaneq-pingasut (kl)
• Gujarati: અઢાર (gu) (aḍhār)
• Haitian Creole: dizuit
• Hawaiian: ʻumikūmāwalu
• Hebrew: שְׁמוֹנֶה־עֶשְׂרֵה f (shmone-esre) (used in counting), שְׁמוֹנָה־עָשָׂר m (shmona-asar)
• Hindi: अठारह (hi) (aṭhārah)
• Hopi: pakwt niikyang nanalt siikya’ta
• Hungarian: tizennyolc (hu)
• Hunsrik: achtzen
• Icelandic: átján (is), áttján (archaic)
• Ido: dek ed ok (io)
• Indonesian: delapan belas (id)
• Ingrian: kaheksantoist
• Interlingua: dece-octo
• Inupiaq: akimiaq piŋasut
• Irish: ocht déag
• Italian: diciotto (it)
• Japanese: 十八 (ja) (jūhachi)
• Kannada: ಹದಿನೆಂಟು (kn) (hadineṇṭu)
• Karen:

  S'gaw Karen: တဆံဃိး (ta hsee xoḧ)

• Kazakh: он сегіз (on segiz)
• Khmer: ដប់ប្រាំបី (dop pram bei) (numeral: ១៨)
• Komi:

  Komi-Permyak: даскыкьямыс (daskykʹjamys)

• Korean: 열여덟 (ko) (yeoryeodeol), 십팔(十八) (ko) (sip'pal)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھەژدە (hejde)

  Northern Kurdish: hejde (ku)

• Kyrgyz: он сегиз (ky) (on segiz)
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Lakota: akéšagloǧaŋ
• Lao: ສິບແປດ (sip pǣt) (numeral: ໑໘)
• Latin: octōdecim (la), duodēvīgintī (la)
• Latvian: astoņpadsmit (lv)
• Ligurian: dixéutto
• Lithuanian: aštuoniolika (lt)
• Livonian: kōdõkstuoistõn
• Lombard: please add this translation if you can
• Louisiana Creole: diz-wit
• Low German: achtteihn

  German Low German: achtteihn

• Lü: ᦉᦲᧇᦶᦔᧆᧈ (ṡiibṗaed¹) (numeral: ᧑᧘)
• Luxembourgish: uechtzéng (lb)
• Macedonian: осумна́есет (osumnáeset)
• Malagasy: valo ambinifolo
• Malay: lapan belas (ms), delapan belas (ms), sepuluh lapan, sepuluh delapan, satu puluh lapan, satu puluh delapan

  Brunei Malay: lapan balas

• Malayalam: പതിനെട്ട് (ml) (patineṭṭŭ)
• Maltese: tmintax
• Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ
  ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠴᡳ (juwan jakūci)
• Mansi:

  Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} нёлловхуйплов (njollovhujplov)

• Māori: tekau mā waru (mi)
• Mapudungun: maripura
• Middle English: eiȝtetene
• Miwok:

  Central Sierra Miwok: naˀá·ča- káw·inṭa-ˀ hej·i-ˀ

• Mongolian: арван найм (mn) (arvan najm)
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: tshìekǜpǖjēh

• Nahuatl:

  Classical Nahuatl: caxtōlli omēyi

• Navajo: tseebíítsʼáadah
• Ndom: tondor
• Norman: dix-huit, dgiêx-huit
• Norwegian: atten (no)
• Occitan: dètz-e-uèch (oc)
• Odia: ଅଠର (aṭhara) (numeral: ୧୮ (18))
• Ojibwe: ashi-nishwaaswi
• Old Church Slavonic: осмь на дєсѧтє (osmĭ na desęte) (numeral: и҃і)
• Pannonian Rusyn: осемнац (osemnac)
• Pennsylvania German: achzeh, achtzeh
• Persian: هجده (fa) (hejdah), هیجده (fa) (hijdah)
• Piedmontese: disdeut
• Polish: osiemnaście (pl), (collective) osiemnaścioro (pl)
• Portuguese: dezoito (pt)
• Punjabi: ਅਠਾਰਾਂ (pa) (aṭhārā̃)
• Quechua: chunka pusaqniyuq
• Romagnol: zdòt
• Romani:

  Kalo Finnish Romani: deȟ-o-oȟta

• Romanian: optsprezece (ro)
• Romansh: (Grischun) deschdotg
• Russian: восемна́дцать (ru) (vosemnádcatʹ)
• Sami:

  Inari Sami: käävcinubáloh

  Northern Sami: gávccinuppelohkái

  Skolt Sami: käcmlo

• Samoan: sefulu valu
• Sanskrit: अष्टादश (sa) (aṣṭādaśa)
• Santali: ᱜᱮᱞ ᱤᱨᱟᱹᱞ (sat) (gel irăl)
• Scottish Gaelic: ochd-deug
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: осамнаест

  Latin: osamnaest

• Shan: သိပ်းပႅတ်ႇ (síp pèt)
• Sicilian: diciadottu (scn)
• Sikkimese: བཅོ་བརྒྱད (bco brgyad)
• Sinhalese: දහඅට (dahaaṭa)
• Slovak: osemnásť (sk)
• Slovene: osemnajst (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wósymnasćo

  Upper Sorbian: wósomnaće

• Spanish: dieciocho (es)
• Swahili: kumi na nane
• Swedish: arton (sv), aderton (sv) (obsolete, Finnish Swedish)
• Tagalog: labingwalo (tl)
• Tahitian: hō'ē 'ahuru ma va'u
• Tajik: ҳаждаҳ (tg) (haždah)
• Tamil: பதினெட்டு (ta) (patiṉeṭṭu)
• Tatar: унсигез (unsigez)
• Telugu: పద్దెనిమిది (te) (paddenimidi)
• Thai: สิบแปด (th) (sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt) (numeral: ๑๘)
• Tibetan: བཅོ་བརྒྱད (bco brgyad)
• Tigre: ዐስር ወሰማን (ʿäsr wäsäman)
• Tigrinya: ዓሰርተ ሸሞንተ (ʿasärtä šämontä)
• Tok Pisin: etin, wanpela ten et
• Tongan: hongofulu mā valu
• Turkish: on sekiz (tr)
• Turkmen: on sekiz (tk)
• Ukrainian: вісімна́дцять (uk) (visimnádcjatʹ)
• Urdu: اٹھارہ (ur) (aṭhārah)
• Uyghur: ئون سەككىز (ug) (on sekkiz)
• Uzbek: oʻn sakkiz (uz)
• Vietnamese: mười tám (vi)
• Vilamovian: aochcao
• Volapük: degjöl, balsejöl (older term, obsolete)
• Welsh: deunaw (cy) (traditional), un deg wyth (cy) (decimal)
• Wolof: fukk ak juróom ñett
• Yakut: уон аҕыс (uon ağïs)
• Yiddish: אַכצן (akhtsn)
• Yucatec Maya: waxaklajun
• Yup'ik: akimiaq pingayun
• Zazaki: hestês, desuhest
• Zhuang: cib bet

See also

• Last: seventeen. Next: nineteen