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. (especially, plural) 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

Synoniemen

8

eighth

8th

octet

eighter from Decatur

eight-spot

octad

octonary

ogdoad

number eight

VIII

eighter

viii

eigth

Vertalingen

huit

8

ocho

8

acht

8

sekiz

8

Acht

heşt

8

8.

Achter

8️⃣

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/eɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: eighte

Overgenomen van Oudengels: eahta

Verwant aan Schots: aucht

Verwant aan Fries: acht

Verwant aan Nederlands: acht

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: acht

Verwant aan Duits: acht

Verwant aan Noors: åtte

Verwant aan Zweeds: åtta

Verwant aan IJslands: átta

Verwant aan Latijn: octo

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: ὀκτώ

Verwant aan Iers: ocht

In summary

PIE word
*oḱtṓw
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.