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

From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).

Adjective

octonary (not comparable)

1. Of eighth rank or order.
2. Consisting of eight things

Translations

of eighth rank or order

• Russian: восьмеричный (ru) (vosʹmeričnyj)

Noun

octonary (plural octonaries)

1. A group of eight things

Synonyms

• See octet
• octal

Anagrams

• cartoony