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Alternative forms

• (Valencia) dihuité, dihuitè, divuité

Adjective

divuitè m ‎(feminine divuitena, masculine plural divuitens, feminine plural divuitenes)

1. (ordinal) eighteenth

Usage notes

When divuitè is the ordinal number of a century or of a regnal name of a monarch or pope, it is written using Roman numerals following the noun. Thus Joan Divuitè is written Joan XVIII.

For most fractional numbers, the ordinal number is used to indicate the denominator of the fraction. The ordinal divuitè is used to indicate this denominator just as the corresponding English ordinal would be. Exceptions to this rule include mig ‎(“half”), terç ‎(“third”), quarter ‎(“quarter”), milionèsim ‎(“millionth”), bilionèsim ‎(“billionth”), ....

The feminine form of the ordinal is usually used as the collective noun for a set of like objects of that size. Exceptions to the usual rule include parell ‎(“set of 2”), qüern ‎(“set of 4”), centenar ‎(“set of 100”), grossa ‎(“set of 144”), miler ‎(“set of 1000”), and milenar ‎(“1000”).