eight
Part of speech: num
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
nautical
rowing
sports
transport
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).
Inflected forms:
form: aught
pos: num
tags: alternative
form: eights
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: aught
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
pos: num
examples: 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.
The statement did not specify the location of that trip, but provided further details of her romantic life, stating that Saroukos and her husband spent eight days together before she returned to Australia on Dec. 21.
gloss: Describing a group or set with eight elements.
pos: num
examples: He works eight hours a day.
gloss: The digit/figure 8.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
pos: noun
gloss: A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
pos: noun
gloss: A race in which such craft participate.
pos: noun
tags: especially
plural
gloss: The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
pos: noun
gloss: Eight o'clock.
pos: noun
examples: About eight on the Saturday morning, she purchases a large sheath-knife in the Palais Royal [...]
Sharp at eight we were waiting on the wharf where the Messagerie boats lie, and wondering what the deuce was going to happen.
Miranda showed him in at a quarter to eight, accompanied by a pretty young woman she introduced as Erin d'Angelo.
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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