octonary
English
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| Cardinal: eight Ordinal: eighth Latinate ordinal: octonary Adverbial: eight times Multiplier: eightfold Latinate multiplier: octuple Distributive: octuply Germanic collective: eightsome Collective of n parts: octuplet Greek or Latinate collective: octad Greek collective prefix: octo-, octa- Latinate collective prefix: octo- Fractional: eighth Elemental: octuplet Greek prefix: ogdo- Number of musicians: octet Number of years: octennium | ||
Etymology
[edit]From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).
Adjective
[edit]octonary (not comparable)
Translations
[edit]of eighth rank or order
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Noun
[edit]octonary (plural octonaries)
- A group of eight things