one-eighth

1. 1.

   one part in eight equal parts

   Synonymseighth

   Broadercommon fraction

Questions about one-eighth

What does one-eighth mean?

one-eighth means "one part in eight equal parts".

How many syllables are in one-eighth?

one-eighth has 2 syllables: o-ne-eighth. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for one-eighth?

Close synonyms include eighth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is one-eighth a common word?

one-eighth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.