huitième

eighth

adjective noun wee-TYEM Rare

Usage Note

Huitième is both an ordinal adjective (le huitième étage — the eighth floor) and a noun (un huitième — one eighth). It begins with an aspirate 'h', so there is no elision: one says le huitième, not l'huitième. In sports, les huitièmes de finale are the round of 16.

Examples

"Elle habite au huitième étage."

Natural Translation

She lives on the eighth floor.

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