eight

eight - Translingual

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈei̯t]

Noun

eight

(international standards) NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the digit 8.
- Synonym: oktoeight (ITU/IMO)

eight - English

Alternative forms

aught (Scotland, archaic, rare)
Western (Arabic) numerals: 8
Roman numerals: VIII

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: āt
IPA: /eɪt/
Homophones: ait, ate, eyot

Numeral

eight

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

Related terms

eighth

Descendants

Sranan Tongo: aiti

Translations

Aari: qaskén-tamars
Abaza: агӏба (aʻba)
Abkhaz: ааба (aaba)
Adyghe: и (ji)
Afar: bacaar
Afrikaans: ag, agt (af)
Ainu: ツ゜ペサン (tupesan)
Akan: awɔtwe, awotwe
Aklanon: waeo
Albanian: tetë (sq)
Alutiiq: inglulgen
American Sign Language:
Amharic: ስምንት (am) (səmnət) (numeral: ፰ (8))
Apache:
- Western Apache: tsebīī
Arabic: ثَمَانِيَة‎ (ar) (ṯamāniya) (numeral: ٨‎ (8))
- Egyptian Arabic: تمانية‎ (tamāniyya)
- Hijazi Arabic: ثَمَنْية‎ f (tamanya), تمنية‎ (tamanya)
Aragonese: ueito, ueit
Aramaic:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܡܵܢܝܵܐ‎ m (tmānyā), ܬܡܵܢܹܐ‎ f (tmānē)
- Classical Syriac: ܬܡܢܝܐ‎ m (təmānyā), ܬܡܢܐ‎ f (təmānē)
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תְּמַנְיָא‎ m (təmanyā), תְּמָנֵא‎ f (təmānē)
- Western Neo-Aramaic: ܬܡܢܝܐ‎ m (ṯmōnya), ܬܡܢ‎ f (ṯmōn)
Archi: мекье (mekˡʼe)
Argobba: ስምንት (semment)
Armenian: ութ (hy) (utʿ)
- Old Armenian: ութ (utʿ)
Aromanian: optu
Assamese: আঠ (ath)
Asturian: ocho (ast)
Atong (India): chatgyk
Avar: микьго (mikkˡʼgo)
Aymara: kimsaqallqu
Azerbaijani: səkkiz (az)
Bactrian: αταο (atao)
Balinese: kutus
Banjarese: dalapan
Bashkir: һигеҙ (higeð)
Basque: zortzi (eu)
Bassa: mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-tã
Belarusian: во́сем (vósjem), (collective) васьмёра (vasʹmjóra)
Bengali: আট (bn) (aṭ) (numeral: ৮)
Big Nambas: isatl
Bikol Central: walo (bcl)
Breton: eizh (br)
Brunei Malay: lapan
Budukh: мийид (mijid)
Buginese: arua
Bulgarian: о́сем (bg) (ósem)
Burmese: ရှစ် (my) (hrac) (numeral: ၈ (my) (8))
Buryat: найман (najman)
Catalan: vuit (ca)
- Valencian: huit (ca)
Cebuano: walo
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵎ (tam)
Central Dusun: walu
Central Sierra Miwok: káw·inṭa-
Chamicuro: pusak
Chamorro: ocho
Chechen: бархӏ (barh)
Cherokee: ᏧᏁᎳ (tsunela)
Chichewa: sanu n'zitatu
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 八 (yue) (baat³)
- Dungan: ба (ba)
- Gan: 八 (bat⁶)
- Hakka: (Sixian) 八 (pat), (Meixian) 八 (bad⁵)
- Jin: 八 (bah⁴)
- Mandarin: 八 (zh) (bā) (numeral: 捌 (zh) (bā))
- Min Bei: 八 (băi)
- Min Dong: 八 (báik)
- Min Nan: (Xiamen) 八 (zh-min-nan) (peh, poeh, pat), (Teochew) 八 (zh-min-nan) (boih⁴)
- Wu: 八 (4paq)
- Xiang: 八 (ba⁶)
Chinook Jargon: stuxtkin
Chukchi: амӈырооткэн (amṇyrootkėn)
Chuukese: wanu, wani-, wanichö, wanimön
Chuvash: саккӑр (sakkăr)
Classical Nahuatl: chicuēyi
Cornish: eth
Corsican: ottu (co)
Cree: ayinânew, ᐊᔨᓈᓀᐤ (ayinaanew)
Crimean Tatar: sekiz
Czech: osm (cs)
Dalmatian: uapto, guapto, uat
Danish: otte (da)
Dena'ina: łtaqul'i
Dhivehi: އަށް‎ (aṣ̊)
Dolgan: агыс
Drung: hyvt
Dutch: acht (nl)
Dzongkha: བརྒྱད (brgyad)
Eastern Mari: кандаше (kandaše)
Erzya: кавксо (kavkso)
Esperanto: ok (eo)
Estonian: kaheksa (et)
Even: дяпкан (ʒapkan)
Evenki: дяпкун (ʒapkun)
Extremaduran: ochu
Faroese: átta (fo)
Fataluku: kafa
Fijian: walu (fj)
Finnish: kahdeksan (fi)
French: huit (fr)
Friulian: vot
Galician: oito (gl)
Garifuna: widü
Ge'ez: ሰማንቱ m (sämantu), ሰማኒ f (sämani) (numeral: ፰ (8))
Georgian: რვა (ka) (rva)
German: acht (de)
- Alemannic German: acht
Gilaki: هشت‎ (hašt)
Gilbertese: wanua
Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿 (ahtau)
Greek: οκτώ (el) (októ), η΄ (numeral)
- Ancient: ὀκτώ (oktṓ), η΄ (numeral)
Greenlandic: arfineq pingasut
Guaraní: poapy
Gujarati: આઠ (gu) (āṭha) (numeral: ૮)
Haitian Creole: uit
Hausa: takwàs
Hawaiian: walu, ʻewalu
Hebrew: שְׁמוֹנֶה‎ (he) f (shmóne) (used in counting), שְׁמוֹנָה‎ (he) m (shmoná)
Higaonon: walo
Hiligaynon: walo
Hindi: आठ (hi) (āṭh) (numeral: ८ (hi) (8)), अष्ट (hi) (aṣṭ), अठ (hi) (aṭh)
Hlai: ghou
Hopi: nanal
Hungarian: nyolc (hu)
Hunsrik: acht
Icelandic: átta (is)
Ido: ok (io)
Igbo: asato
Ilocano: walo
Indonesian: delapan (id)
Ingrian: kaheksan
Interlingua: octo (ia)
Iranun: walu
Irish: ocht (ga)
Isnag: walo
Istriot: uoto, uotto
Italian: otto (it)
Japanese: 八 (ja) (はち, hachi), 八つ (ja) (やっつ, やつ, yattsu, yatsu), ８ (ja) (はち, hachi)
Jarai: sơpăn
Javanese: ꦮꦺꦴꦭꦸ (jv) (wolu)
Jeju: ᄋᆢᄃᆞᆸ (yawdawp)
Jurchen: jhakun
Kabardian: и (ji)
Kabuverdianu: oitu
Kalmyk: нәәмн (näämn)
Kannada: ಎಂಟು (kn) (eṇṭu) (numeral: ೮ (kn) (8))
Kanuri: wusku
Kapampangan: walu
Karachay-Balkar: сегиз (segiz)
Karelian: kaheksa
Kashubian: òsmë
Kaurna: ngarla
Kazakh: сегіз (kk) (segız)
Khmer: ប្រាំបី (km) (pram bei) (numeral: ៨ (8))
Khoekhoe: ǁkhaisa
Komi-Zyrian: кӧкямыс (kökamys)
Kongo: nana
Korean: 여덟 (ko) (yeodeol), 팔(八) (ko) (pal)
Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ھەشت‎ (ckb) (heşt)
- Northern Kurdish: heşt (ku)
Kyrgyz: сегиз (ky) (segiz)
Ladin: ot
Lak: мяйва (maˤywa)
Lakota: šaglóǧaŋ
Lao: ແປດ (pǣt) (numeral: ໘ (8))
Latgalian: ostoni m, ostonis f
Latin: octo (la)
Latvian: astoņi (lv) m, astoņas f
Lezgi: муьжуьд (müžüd)
Ligurian: éutto
Lithuanian: aštuoni (lt) m, aštuonios f
Livonian: kōdõks
Lombard: vòt
Louisiana Creole French: wit
Low German:
- German Low German: acht (nds)
Luxembourgish: aacht (lb)
Lü: ᦶᦔᧆᧈ (ṗaed¹) (numeral: ᧘)
Macedonian: о́сум (mk) (ósum)
Madurese: balluʔ
Maguindanao: walu
Makasae: afo
Makasar: sagantuju
Malagasy: valo (mg)
Malay:
- Jawi: لاڤن‎, دلاڤن‎, سلاڤن‎, استا‎
- Rumi: lapan (ms), delapan, selapan, asta
Malayalam: എട്ടു (eṭṭu), എട്ട് (ml) (eṭṭŭ) (numeral: ൮)
Maltese: tmienja (mt)
Manchu: ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ (jakūn)
Mangarevan: varu
Mansaka: waro
Mansi: нёллов (nëllow)
Manx: hoght
Maori: waru (mi)
Maranao: walo
Marathi: आठ (āṭh)
Maricopa: supxuk
Marshallese: ralitōk
Mauritian Creole: wit
Mazanderani: هشت‎ (hašt)
Middle English: eighte
Minangkabau: salapan
Mingrelian: რუო (ruo)
Mirandese: uito
Mizo: pa-riat
Moksha: кафкса (kafksa)
Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: найм (mn) (najm),
- Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠢᠮᠠ (nai̯ma), ᠘ (8) (numeral)
Montagnais: (Sheshatshiu Innu) nishuaush, (Mushuau Innu) nianeu
Munsee: xáash
Muong: thảm
Mòcheno: òcht
Nahuatl: chicuei
Nanai: дякпун
Nauruan: aoju
Navajo: tseebíí
Negidal: ӡапкун
Nepali: आठ (ne) (āṭh)
Niuean: valu
Nivkh: минр̌ (minř)
North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum and Sylt: aacht
- Helgoland: ach
- Mooring: oocht
Northern Thai: ᨸᩯ᩠ᨯ
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: åtte (no)
- Nynorsk: åtte (nn)
O'odham: gigik
Occitan: uèch (oc), uèit (oc), uòch (oc)
Ojibwe: nishwaaswi
Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: осмь (osmĭ) (numeral: и҃)
Old English: eahta, æhta (Anglian), ehta (West Saxon)
Old Frisian: achta
Old Javanese: wolu
Old Prussian: astōnei
Oriya: ଆଠ (aṭhô) (numeral: ୮ (8))
Orok: ӡапку
Oromo: saddeet
Ossetian: аст (ast)
Ottoman Turkish: سكز‎ (sekiz)
Papiamentu: ocho
Pashto: اته‎ (ps) (atë)
Pennsylvania German: achde, acht
Persian: هشت‎ (fa) (hašt) (numeral: ۸‎)
Piedmontese: eut
Pijin: eit
Polish: osiem (pl), (collective) ośmioro (pl)
Portuguese: oito (pt)
Punjabi: ਅੱਠ (pa) (aṭṭha) (numeral: ੮ (8))
Quechua: pusaq, pusag
Rarotongan: varu
Rohingya: añctho, añcto
Romagnol: öt
Romani: oxto
- Kalo Finnish Romani: oȟta
Romanian: opt (ro)
Romansch: otg, ot, och
Russian: во́семь (ru) (vósemʹ), (collective) во́сьмеро (ru) (vósʹmero)
Rusyn: ву́сям (vúsjam)
S'gaw Karen: ဃိး (xoḧ)
Saho: baxar
Sami:
- Inari: käävci
- Northern: gávcci
- Skolt: kä´hcc
- Southern: gaektsie
Samoan: valu (sm)
Sanskrit: अष्टन् (sa) (aṣṭan), अष्ट (sa) (aṣṭa)
Santali: ᱤᱨᱟᱹᱞ (irăl)
Sardinian: òto, òtu
- Campidanese: ottu
- Logudorese: otto
Saterland Frisian: oachte
Scots: aicht
Scottish Gaelic: ochd m, (of persons:) ochdnar m
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̏сам
- Roman: ȍsam
Shan: ပႅတ်ႇ (shn) (pèt) (numeral: ႘ (8))
Sherpa: བརྒྱད (brgyad)
Sichuan Yi: ꉆ (hxit)
Sicilian: ottu (scn)
Sidamo: sette
Sikkimese: གྱེ (gye)
Silesian: uoźym
Sindhi: اَٺَ‎ (sd) (āṭha)
Sinhalese: අට (si) (aṭa)
Slovak: osem (sk)
Slovene: ósem (sl)
Solon: dʒapkʊn
Somali: siddeed
Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wósym
- Upper Sorbian: wósom, wosom
Southern Ohlone: taittimin
Spanish: ocho (es)
Sranan Tongo: aiti, ayti
Sundanese: dalapan (su)
Swahili: nane (sw)
Swedish: åtta (sv)
Sylheti: ꠀꠑ (aṭó)
Tabasaran: миржуб (miržub)
Tagalog: walo (tl)
Tahitian: va'u
Tai Dam: ꪵꪜꪒ
Tajik: ҳашт (tg) (hašt)
Tamil: எட்டு (ta) (eṭṭu) (numeral: ௮)
Taos: xwíli
Tarantino: uètte
Tashelhit: tam m or f
Tatar: сигез (tt) (sigez)
Tausug: walu
Tedim Chin: giat
Telugu: ఎనిమిది (te) (enimidi) (numeral: ౮ (te) (8))
Tetum: ualu
Thai: แปด (th) (bpɛ̀ɛt) (numeral: ๘ (th) (8))
Tibetan: བརྒྱད (brgyad) (numeral: ༨ (8))
Tigre: ሰማን (säman) (numeral: ፰ (8))
Tigrinya: ሸሞንተ (ti) (šämontä) (numeral: ፰ (8))
Tlingit: nas’gadooshú
Tocharian A: okät
Tocharian B: okt
Tok Pisin: etpela
Tongan: valu
Turkish: sekiz (tr)
Turkmen: sekiz (tk)
Tuvaluan: valu
Tz'utujil: bilaje
Udi: мугъ (muɣ)
Udihe: ʒакпу
Udmurt: тямыс (ťamys)
Ukrainian: ві́сім (uk) (vísim), (collective numeral) во́сьмеро (vósʹmero)
Unami: xash
Urdu: آٹھ‎ (ur) (āṭh)
Uyghur: سەككىز‎ (ug) (sekkiz)
Uzbek: sakkiz (uz)
Venetian: oto
Veps: kahesa
Vietnamese: tám (vi)
Vilamovian: aocht
Volapük: jöl (vo)
Votic: kahõsa
Võro: katõssa
Wakhi: at
Walloon: ût (wa)
Waray-Waray: walo
Welsh: wyth (cy)
West Frisian: acht (fy)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: walu
White Hmong: yim
Winnebago: haruwąk
Wolof: juróom ñett
Xhosa: sibhozo
Yagnobi: ашт (ašt)
Yakan: walu'
Yakut: аҕыс (ağıs)
Yao: msano na tatu
Yiddish: אַכט‎ (akht)
Yup'ik: pingayunlegen
Zazaki: heşt (diq)
Zhuang: bet
Zou: giet
Zulu: isishiyagalombili (zu)
Zuni: ha'elekk'ya

Catalan: vuitena (ca) f
- Valencian: huitena (ca) f
Hebrew: שְׁמִינִיָּה‎ (he) f (shminiyá)
Lithuanian: aštuoneri (lt) m, aštuonerios f
Macedonian: осморка f (osmorka)
Russian: восьмёрка (ru) f (vosʹmjórka)
Scottish Gaelic: a h-ochd m, (of persons:) ochdnar m
Ukrainian: ві́сімка (uk) f (vísimka)

Noun

eight (plural eights)

The digit/figure 8.
(playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
(nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
(rowing) The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.

Derived terms

Translations

Arabic: ثَمَانِيَةٌ‎ (ar) f (ṯamāniyatun)
Basque: zortzi (eu)
Belarusian: васьмёрка f (vasʹmjórka)
Bulgarian: осмица f (osmica)
Catalan: vuit (ca) m
- Valencian: huit (ca) m
Danish: ottetal n
Dutch: acht (nl) f
Finnish: kahdeksikko (fi), kasi (fi)
French: huit (fr) m
German: Acht (de) f
Hindi: अष्ट (hi) m (aṣṭ), आठ (hi) m (āṭh)
Hungarian: nyolcas (hu)
Igbo: asatọ
Latvian: astoņnieks m, astotnieks m
Lithuanian: aštuonetas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Aacht (lb) f
Macedonian: осмица f (osmica), осумка f (osumka)
Old English: eahta
Pennsylvania German: achde, acht
Polish: ósemka (pl) f (1,2)
Portuguese: oito (pt) m
Russian: восьмёрка (ru) f (vosʹmjórka)
Sanskrit: अष्ट (sa) (aṣṭa)
Swedish: åtta (sv) c
Ukrainian: ві́сімка (uk) f (vísimka) (rare)

Bulgarian: осмица f (osmica)
Catalan: vuit (ca) m
- Valencian: huit (ca) m
Danish: otter (da) c
Dutch: acht (nl) f
Finnish: kahdeksikko (fi), kasi (fi)
French: huit (fr) m
German: Acht (de) f
Latvian: astoņnieks m, astotnieks m
Luxembourgish: Aacht (lb) f
Macedonian: осмица f (osmica), осумка f (osumka)
Polish: ósemka (pl) f (1,2)
Portuguese: oito (pt) m
Russian: восьмёрка (ru) f (vosʹmjórka)
Swedish: åtta (sv) c
Ukrainian: ві́сімка (uk) f (vísimka)

Adjective

eight (not comparable)

Obsolete spelling of eighth

Noun

eight (plural eights)

Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for eight in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Tighe

eight - Middle English

Numeral

eight

Alternative form of eighte

eight - Yola

Verb

eight

Alternative form of at (“eat”)