in-octavo

French

Etymology

Composed of Latin in & octavo.

Noun

in-octavo

1. (printing, publishing) A page size formed from a sheet of paper folded three times into eighths, creating sixteen pages.
2. (printing, publishing) A book made in this size

Adjective

in-octavo

1. (printing, publishing) Printed in this size.

Alternative Forms

• in-8°, in-huit, in-8

See Also

• in-plano (in-plº)
• in-folio (in-fº)
• in-quarto (in-4º, in-4.º, in-4to, in 4º, in-4)
• in-six (in-6º, in-6)
• in-huit (in-8º, in-8.º, in-8vo, in 8vo
• in-douze, in-duodecimo (in-12º, in-12)
• in-seize, in-sedecimo (in-16º, in-16)
• in-vingt, in-vigesimo (in-20)
• in-vingt-quatre, in-vingt-et-quatre, in-vigesimo-quarto (in-24º, in-24)
• (rare) in-trente (in-30)
• in-trente-deux, in-trente-et-deux (in-32º, in-32)
• (rare) in-trente-six (in-36)
• (rare) in-quarante (in-40)
• (rare) in-quarante-huit (in-48)
• in-soixante-quatre (in-64)
• (rare) in-soixante-douze (in-72)
• (rare) in-quatre-vingt-seize (in-96)
• (rare) in-cent-vingt-huit (in-128)

References

• “in-octavo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.