English Explanatory Dictionary

eight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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
  1. Obsolete spelling of eighth.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river)

Pronunciation

āt /eɪt/ en-us-eight.ogg /eʈ/ /ɛ(j)ʈ/

Word forms

eight aught eights

Etymology

PIE word *oḱtṓw Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Germanic *ahtōu Proto-West Germanic *ahtō Old English eahta Middle English eighte English eight 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”), among others. False cognate of Tamil எட்டு (eṭṭu), Malayalam എട്ട് (eṭṭŭ).

Related words

eighth Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages section 8

Derived words

aces and eights big eight crazy eight crazy eights Cuban eight Eight Ash Green eight-ball eight ball eight-bar blues eight-day clock eighteen eight figures eight-hooter eightish eight-jewel eight-legged essay eightlike eight-lined keelback eightling eight-masted eightness eight-oar eight o'clock eight-pack eight pack eight-pager eightpence eightpenny eight-penny nail eight penny nail eightplex eight-precious eights and aces eightscore eightsies eightsman eight-spotted flea beetle eight-thousander eight-top eight-treasure eighty eighty-eight feel eight feet tall figure-eight figure eight figure-eight hitch figure of eight figure-of-eight grade eight last eight lazy eight middle eight number eight one over the eight piece of eight standing eight straight-eight straight eight twenty-five-eight two and eight
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