eight

Signification (English)

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)

Concepts

huit

8

10

8

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ogdoade d’hermopolis

huit

8

Synonyms

8

eighth

8th

octet

eighter from Decatur

eight-spot

octad

octonary

ogdoad

number eight

VIII

eighter

viii

eigth

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/eɪt/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: eighte

Inherited from ancien anglais: eahta

Cognate with écossais: aucht

Cognate with frison occidental: acht

Cognate with néerlandais: acht

Cognate with bas-allemand: acht

Cognate with allemand: acht

Cognate with norvégien: åtte

Cognate with suédois: åtta

Cognate with islandais: átta

Cognate with latin: octo

Cognate with grec ancien: ὀκτώ

Cognate with irlandais: 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”).

Phrases

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

Il était le neuvième enfant et le premier garçon après huit filles.

Eight towers made of brick surrounded the castle .

Huit tours en brique entouraient le château.

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

Robert Soto dansant depuis l'âge de huit ans.

The refinery would refine bitumen into eight different products .

La raffinerie affinerait le bitume en huit produits différents.