8vo - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - 'twould
  - 'un
  - 've
  - 'zine
  - @
  - £
  - 24-7
  - 3G
  - 4to
  - 4WD
  - 8vo
  - a
  - A
  - A & E
  - A & M
  - A & R
  - a cappella
  - à deux
  - a fortiori
  - a gogo
  - à la
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

8vo

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Multiple Entries:
8vo octavo

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
8vo

▶abbreviation octavo.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
octavo /ɒkˈtɑːvəʊ, -ˈteɪ-/ (abbrev.: 8vo)

▶noun (pl. octavos) a size of book page that results from folding each printed sheet into eight leaves (sixteen pages).

– origin C16: from L. in octavo ‘in an eighth’, from octavus ‘eighth’.

'8vo' also found in these Oxford entries:

Forum discussions with the word(s) "8vo" in the title:

No titles with the word(s) "8vo".

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "8vo" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "8vo" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.