different between eighth vs eights

English

Alternative forms

• eight (obsolete)
• eightth

Etymology

From Middle English ei?tthe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?tth, IPA^(key): /e?t?/
• (General American) enPR: ?tth, ?th, IPA^(key): /e?t?/, /e??/
• Rhymes: -e?t?, -e??

Adjective

eighth (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number eight.

Synonyms

• 8th, 8^th, VIIIth; (in names of monarchs and popes) VIII

Translations

Noun

eighth (plural eighths)

1. The person or thing in the eighth position.
2. One of eight equal parts of a whole.
3. (slang) An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.

Synonyms

• (person or thing in the eighth position): eighth one
• (One of eight equal parts): ?, half-quarter, henry (for an eighth of an ounce of marijuana in the UK)

Coordinate terms

• (One of eight equal parts): epogoon (a number greater by a ratio of nine to eight; 1+¹?₈)

Translations

Verb

eighth (third-person singular simple present eighths, present participle eighthing, simple past and past participle eighthed)

1. to divide by eight
   • 2013 Raindance Producers' Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking page 31

     The first step is to eighth the script out. See figure 3.6 overleaf. Eighthing a script is subjective.

See also

• octave

Anagrams

• Height, Highet, height, highte

English

Noun

eights

1. plural of eight

eights pl (plural only)

1. (poker slang) A pair of eights.

Translations

Anagrams

• Tighes, gesith