eighteen

English

English numbers (edit)
   17 18 19   
    Cardinal: eighteen
    Ordinal: eighteenth
    Multiplier: eighteenfold

Alternative forms

  • Arabic numerals: 18. Roman symbols: XVIII

Etymology

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

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Numeral

eighteen

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

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