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eight
Translingual
Etymology
From English eight
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?eit]
Numeral
eight
- Code word for the digit 8 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet
Synonyms
ITU/IMO code word oktoeight
References
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English eighte, aught, eahte, ahte, from Old English eahta, from Proto-West Germanic *aht?, from Proto-Germanic *aht?u, from Proto-Indo-European *o?t?w.
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 ???? (okt?), Irish ocht (“eight”).
Alternative forms
- aught (Scotland, archaic, rare)
- Western (Arabic) numerals: 8
- Roman numerals: VIII
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ?t, IPA(key): /e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
- Homophones: ait, ate, eyot
Numeral
eight
- A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
- 2009, Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
- Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
- 2009, Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
- Describing a group or set with eight elements.
- He works eight hours a day.
Related terms
- eighth
Translations
See also
- Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
Noun
eight (plural eights)
- The digit/figure 8.
- (playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
- (nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
- (rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
- (rowing) The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- section 8
Adjective
eight (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of eighth
Etymology 2
See ait.
Noun
eight (plural eights)
- Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river)
References
Anagrams
- Tighe
Middle English
Numeral
eight
- Alternative form of eighte
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Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
eight
- to eat
References
- J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)
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octopetalous
English
Etymology
octo- +? petalous
Adjective
octopetalous (not comparable)
- (botany) Having eight petals.
octopetalous From the web:
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