Eighteen

Pronunciation

• next word stressed near the first syllableUK IPA: /ˈeɪ.tiːn/
• next word stressed after the first syllableUK IPA: /ËŒeɪˈtiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 18. Roman symbols: XVIII

Origin

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

Numeral

1. The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

Related terms

• Ordinal: eighteenth