eight
[ eyt ]
/ eɪt /
noun
a cardinal number, seven plus one.
a symbol for this number, as 8 or VIII.
a set of this many persons or things, as the crew of an eight-oared racing shell.
a playing card the face of which bears eight pips.
Informal.
- an automobile powered by an eight-cylinder engine.
- an eight-cylinder engine.
adjective
amounting to eight in number.
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Origin of eight
before 1000; Middle English eighte,Old English (e)ahta; cognate with Dutch acht,Old Saxon, Old High German ahto (German acht), Old Norse ātta,Gothic ahtau,Latin octō,Greek oktṓ,Old Irish ocht,Welsh wyth,Breton eiz,Tocharian B okt,Lithuanian aštuonì,Albanian tetë, Armenian uth,Persian hasht,Sanskrit aṣṭáu; apparently an old dual in form, but not clear of what
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH eight
ate, eightWords nearby eight
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British Dictionary definitions for eight
eight
/ (eɪt) /
noun
determiner
- amounting to eight
- (as pronoun)I could only find eight
Other words from eight
Related prefixes: octa-, octo-Word Origin for eight
Old English eahta; related to Old High German ahto, Old Norse ātta, Old Irish ocht, Latin octō, Greek okto, Sanskrit astau
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Idioms and Phrases with eight
eight
see behind the eight ball.
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