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viii

VIII

adjective OHT-tah-voh Rare
Numbers & Measures Ordinal Numbers

Origin: Latin VIII (octo, eight)

Also means

eighth

Usage Note

VIII is the Roman numeral for 8, read aloud in Italian as ottavo (ordinal) or otto (cardinal) depending on context. In chapter and article headings it is always read as the ordinal: articolo VIII = articolo ottavo. Roman numerals are standard in Italian legal, legislative, and formal literary texts.

Examples

"Il capitolo VIII tratta dei diritti fondamentali."

Natural Translation

Chapter VIII deals with fundamental rights.

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