eight

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US /eɪt/ UK /eɪt/ See IPA manual

Homophones

ait /eɪt/

Freq #883

Meanings

1

num
The number 8, coming after seven and before nine.

He works eight hours a day.
2

noun
The number eight or the figure 8.

She drew a large eight on the board.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms eights

Derived forms eight-balleight-hootereight-jeweleight-mastedeight-oareight-packeight-pagereight-preciouseight-thousandereight-topeight-treasureeighteen

Related forms eighth

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Proverbs (1)

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Where does a eight hundred-pound gorilla sit?

Etymology

PIE word *oḱtṓw 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).

eighte Middle English eahta Old English *ahtō Proto-West Germanic *ahtōu Proto-Germanic *oḱtṓw Proto-Indo-European

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# eight

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** num, noun
**IPA (US):** /eɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /eɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 883

## Meanings
1. The number 8, coming after seven and before nine.
2. The number eight or the figure 8.

## Examples
- He works eight hours a day.
- She drew a large eight on the board.

## Derived Forms
- eight-ball
- eight-hooter
- eight-jewel
- eight-masted
- eight-oar
- eight-pack
- eight-pager
- eight-precious
- eight-thousander
- eight-top
- eight-treasure
- eighteen

## Related Forms
- eighth

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: eighte
- Root: eahta
- Root: *ahtō
- Root: *ahtōu
- Root: *oḱtṓw

## Etymology
PIE word *oḱtṓw 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).

## AI Etymology
Eight comes 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).

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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