eight

Senso (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)

Synonyms

8

eighth

8th

octet

eighter from Decatur

eight-spot

octad

octonary

ogdoad

number eight

VIII

eighter

viii

eigth

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/eɪt/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: eighte

Inherited from inglese antico: eahta

Cognate with scozzese: aucht

Cognate with frisone occidentale: acht

Cognate with olandese: acht

Cognate with basso tedesco: acht

Cognate with tedesco: acht

Cognate with norvegese: åtte

Cognate with svedese: åtta

Cognate with islandese: átta

Cognate with latino: octo

Cognate with greco antico: ὀκτώ

Cognate with irlandese: 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”).

Frasi

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

Era il nono figlio e il primo ragazzo dopo otto ragazze.

Eight towers made of brick surrounded the castle .

Otto torri fatte di mattoni circondavano il castello.

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

Robert Soto balla da quando aveva otto anni.

The refinery would refine bitumen into eight different products .

La raffineria perfezionerebbe il bitume in otto diversi prodotti.