octau

Catalan

Catalan numbers (edit)
80[a], [b]
[a], [b], [c] ←  7 8 9  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal (Central): vuit
    Cardinal (Valencian): huit
    Ordinal (Latinate): octau
    Ordinal (Central): vuitè
    Ordinal (Valencian): huité
    Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 8u
    Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 8è
    Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 8é
    Multiplier: òctuple
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin octāvus (“eighth”). Doublet of octava. Cognate with Spanish ochavo and Galician and Portuguese oitavo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

octau (feminine octava, masculine plural octaus, feminine plural octaves)

  1. (ordinal number) eighth
    Synonyms: vuitè; (Valencia) huité

Noun

octau m (plural octaus)

  1. (fractional number) eighth
  2. (paper) octavo; paper size
  3. (printing) octavo; book size

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