eighth

huitième

Qui occupe la position numéro huit dans une série.

En anglais simple : In position number eight in a series.

• We live on the eighth floor.
• Today is her eighth birthday.
• He finished the race in eighth place.

Synonymes : 8th, VIIIth, VIII

Expressions courantes : eighth floor, eighth birthday, eighth place

huitième

Une des huit parts égales d’un tout.

En anglais simple : One of eight equal parts of something.

• Cut the cake into eighths.
• An eighth of the class was absent.
• The line is an eighth of an inch wide.

Comment l'utiliser : an eighth of something (An eighth of the cake is enough for me.)

Synonymes : one eighth

Expressions courantes : an eighth of something, one eighth, an eighth inch

huitième

La personne ou la chose qui vient après la septième dans une série.

En anglais simple : The person or thing that comes after the seventh in a series.

• Seven runners finished before the eighth arrived.
• She was the eighth in line.
• I liked the first seven songs, but the eighth was dull.

Expressions courantes : the eighth, an eighth, eighth in line