eighteenth

eighteenth
1. adjective
achtzehnt...; see also academic.ru/23567/eighth">eighth 1.
2. noun
(fraction) Achtzehntel, das; see also eighth 2.
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noun
1) (one of eighteen equal parts: seventeen eighteenths.) das Achtzehntel
2) ((also adjective) (the) last of eighteen (people, things etc); (the) next after the seventeenth: He was eighteenth in the competition; the eighteenth storey.) der/die/das Achtzehnte
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eight·eenth
[eɪˈti:nθ]
I. adj inv achtzehnte(r, s)
II. n
the \eighteenth der/die/das Achtzehnte
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['eɪ'tiːnɵ]
1. adj
achtzehnte(r, s)
2. n
(= fraction) Achtzehntel nt; (of series) Achtzehnte(r, s) → sixteenth
See:
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eighteenth [-nθ]
A adj
1. achtzehnt(er, e, es)
2. achtzehntel
B s
1. (der, die das) Achtzehnte
2. Achtzehntel n
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1. adjective
achtzehnt...; see also eighth 1.
2. noun
(fraction) Achtzehntel, das; see also eighth 2.
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adj.
achtzehnte adj. n.
Achtzehntel n.

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