eight

Значение (Английский)

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)

Произносится как (IPA)

/eɪt/

Этимология (Английский)

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”).

Предложения

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

Роберт Сото танцует с восьми лет.