huit

Concepts

eight

8

eighth

8th

viii

Eight

eighter from Decatur

octonary

ogdoad

Ashcan School

eighter

VIII

eight

octad

octet

Synonyms

huitième

8th

10

8

uit

Ash Can School

ogdoade d’hermopolis

Translations

ocho

8

otto

8

acht

8

oito

8

vuit

8

acht

8

octo

8

sekiz

8

Acht

οχτώ

οκτώ

uèch

heşt

8

huit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɥit/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: huyct

Inherited from Old French: uit

Inherited from Latin: octō

In summary

Inherited from Middle French huyct, from Old French uit, from Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
The h- was added in Middle French to avoid confusion with vit when the letters u and v were not distinguished; compare the same in huile, etc. That huit does not undergo initial liaison is in fact due to a general rule for numerals (compare un, onze), not to a historically aspirated onset.

Sentences

Sept ou huit malles , tout au plus .

Seven or eight trunks, at most.

Son père meurt lorsqu'elle a huit ans .

Her father died when she was eight years old.

Elles sont regroupées en huit classes , basées sur leur structure et leur arbre phylogénétique .

They are grouped into eight classes, based on their structure and phylogenetic tree.