huitaine
French edit
Etymology edit
From huit (“eight”) + -aine (indicates approximation).
Pronunciation edit
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɥi.tɛn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛn
Noun edit
huitaine f (plural huitaines)
- about eight
- a group of eight, an octad
- (familiar) an eight-night period; a week
- (watchmaking) pendulette that one only winds up every eight days
Related terms edit
- centaine, cinquantaine, dizaine, douzaine, quarantaine, quinzaine, soixantaine, trentaine, vingtaine
Further reading edit
- “huitaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.