How to Pronounce "eighteen"

word

/ˈeɪˈtin/

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/eɪtˈiːn/

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Definition

The number 18, which comes after seventeen and before nineteen. It is also often used for age, dates, prices, quantities, and legal adulthood in many places.

IPA Transcription

American English

/ˈeɪˈtin/

British English

/eɪtˈiːn/

Simplified Pronunciation

ay-TEEN

Listen in Context

I have eighteen books on my shelf.

She is eighteen years old today.

Our bus leaves at eighteen thirty.

He can't wait to turn eighteen and get his own place.