eight

The digit/figure 8.

Adjective

  1. Obsolete spelling of eighth.

Origin

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).

Forms

aught

Noun Entry 2

  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.
    • About eight on the Saturday morning, she purchases a large sheath-knife in the Palais Royal [...] - 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter I, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James...
    • Sharp at eight we were waiting on the wharf where the Messagerie boats lie, and wondering what the deuce was going to happen. - 1905, Guy Newell Boothby, “The Treasure of Sacramento Nick”, in A Crime of the Under-Seas,...
    • Miranda showed him in at a quarter to eight, accompanied by a pretty young woman she introduced as Erin d'Angelo. - 1997 February 1 [1981 April 12], John Dunning, Deadline, New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., →ISBN,...

Forms

eights aught

Related

section 8

Derived

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

Noun alt of, alternative

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

Origin

See ait.

Forms

eights

Numeral

  1. A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
    • 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...
    • 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. -...
  2. Describing a group or set with eight elements.
    • He works eight hours a day.

Forms

aught

Related

eighth Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Wikipedia

Eight