Catalan edit

Catalan numbers (edit)
80[a], [b]
 ←  7 8 9  → 
    Cardinal (Valencian): huit
    Cardinal (Central): vuit
    Ordinal (Valencian): huité
    Ordinal (Central): vuitè
    Ordinal (Latinate): octau
    Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian):
    Ordinal abbreviation (Central):
    Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 8u
    Multiplier: òctuple

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

huit m or f

  1. (Valencia) Alternative form of vuit (eight)

Noun edit

huit m (plural huits)

  1. (Valencia) Alternative form of vuit (eight)

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from the same root as huitoa, huitaista, referring to fast movement. Compare also huut.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhui̯t/, [ˈhui̯t̪]
  • Rhymes: -uit
  • Syllabification(key): huit

Adverb edit

huit

  1. an intensifier used in some idioms
    Huit hiiteen siitä!
    Out of my sight!
    Se on jossain huit helvetissä.
    It is somewhere in the back of beyond.

Synonyms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

French edit

French numbers (edit)
80[a], [b], [c]
 ←  7 8 9  → 
    Cardinal: huit
    Ordinal: huitième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 8e, (now nonstandard) 8ème
    Multiplier: octuple

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French huyct, from Old French uit, from Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

The h- was added in Middle French to avoid confusion with vit when the letters u and v were not distinguished; compare the same in huile, etc. That huit does not undergo initial liaison is in fact due to a general rule for numerals (compare un, onze), not to a historically aspirated onset.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

huit (invariable)

  1. eight

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Garifuna: widü
  • Louisiana Creole: wit

See also edit

Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
             
as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
             
huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

Further reading edit

Norman edit

Norman cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : huit

Etymology edit

From Old French uit, from Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation edit

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Numeral edit

huit

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey) eight

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

huit m (plural huits)

  1. (Jersey) figure-of-eight knot