eight

Betekenis (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)

Concepten

acht

8

Synonyms

8

eighth

8th

octet

eighter from Decatur

eight-spot

octad

octonary

ogdoad

number eight

VIII

eighter

viii

eigth

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/eɪt/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: eighte

Inherited from Oudengels: eahta

Cognate with Schots: aucht

Cognate with Fries: acht

Cognate with Nederlands: acht

Cognate with Nedersaksisch: acht

Cognate with Duits: acht

Cognate with Noors: åtte

Cognate with Zweeds: åtta

Cognate with IJslands: átta

Cognate with Latijn: octo

Cognate with Oudgrieks: ὀκτώ

Cognate with 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”).

Zinnen

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

Hij was het negende kind en de eerste jongen na acht meisjes.

Eight towers made of brick surrounded the castle .

Acht torens gemaakt van baksteen omringden het kasteel.

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

Robert Soto danst sinds hij acht jaar oud was.

The refinery would refine bitumen into eight different products .

De raffinaderij zou bitumen verfijnen in acht verschillende producten.