eight

Betekenis (Engels)

Num

1. A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
2. Describing a group or set with eight elements.

Noun

1. The digit/figure 8.
2. Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
3. A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
4. A race in which such craft participate.
5. The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
6. Eight o'clock.

Adj

Obsolete spelling of eighth.

Noun

Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river)

Sinonieme

8

eighth

8th

octet

eighter from Decatur

eight-spot

octad

octonary

ogdoad

number eight

VIII

eighter

viii

eigth

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/eɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: eighte

Geërf van Old English: eahta

Verwante met Skots: aucht

Verwante met Fries: acht

Verwante met Nederlands: acht

Verwante met Nederduits: acht

Verwante met Duits: acht

Verwante met Noors: åtte

Verwante met Sweeds: åtta

Verwante met Yslands: átta

Verwante met Latyn: octo

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: ὀκτώ

Verwante met Iers: ocht

In summary

From Middle English eighte, aught, eahte, ahte, from Old English eahta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Cognate with Scots aucht (“eight”), West Frisian acht (“eight”), Dutch acht (“eight”), Low German acht (“eight”), German acht (“eight”), Norwegian åtte (“eight”), Swedish åtta (“eight”), Icelandic átta (“eight”), Latin octo (“eight”), Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), Irish ocht (“eight”).

Sinne

He was the ninth child and the first boy after eight girls .

Eight towers made of brick surrounded the castle .

Robert Soto has been dancing since he was eight years old .

The refinery would refine bitumen into eight different products .