Meanings
eight1
alternative aught
- A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
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.
2025 May 30, Riley Cedar, “Soldier’s wife deported to Australia after detainment in Hawaii”, in Military Times, archived from the original on 01 Jun 20251 more example
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 network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
2009 May 22, Stuart Heritage, “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”, in Hecklerspray, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2024
plural eights · alternative aught
- The digit/figure 8.
- playing cardsAny of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
- nauticalA light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
- especiallypluralhobbiesA race in which such craft participate.
- hobbiesThe eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
- 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 Fraser, […], →OCLC, book IV (Terror)2 more examples
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, London: Ward Lock & Co Limited, →OCLC, →OLMiranda 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, →OCLC, →OL, page 263
eight2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
eight · numeral, noun, adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
- Proto-Germanic*ahtōu
- Proto-West Germanic*ahtō
- Old Englisheahta
- Middle Englisheighte
- Englisheight
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).
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Afrikaans ag, agt
- agcardinal number 8
- agtcardinal number 8
Ancient Greek ὀκτώ, η΄
- ὀκτώ (oktṓ)cardinal number 8
- η΄cardinal number 8
Arabic ثَمَانِيَة, تمانية
- ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya)cardinal number 8
- تمانية (tamāniyya)cardinal number 8
- ثَمَنْيَة (tamanya)cardinal number 8
- ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya)The digit/figure 8
Basque zortzi, zortzi
- zortzicardinal number 8
- zortziThe digit/figure 8
Bengali আট
- আট (aṭ)cardinal number 8
Bulgarian о́сем, осмо́рка
- о́сем (ósem)cardinal number 8
- осмо́рка (osmórka)set or group with eight components
- осмица (osmica)The digit/figure 8
- осмица (osmica)Playing card with value 8
Catalan vuit, huit
- vuitcardinal number 8
- huitcardinal number 8
- vuitenaset or group with eight components
- huitenaset or group with eight components
- vuitThe digit/figure 8
- huitThe digit/figure 8
- vuitPlaying card with value 8
- huitPlaying card with value 8
Chinese ба, 八
- ба (ba)cardinal number 8
- 八 (peh, poeh, pat)cardinal number 8
Chinese Cantonese 八
- 八 (baat³)cardinal number 8
Chinese Mandarin 八, 八
- 八 (bā)cardinal number 8
- 八 (bā)The digit/figure 8
Czech osm
- osmcardinal number 8
Danish otte, ottetal
- ottecardinal number 8
- ottetalThe digit/figure 8
- otterPlaying card with value 8
Dutch acht, acht
- achtcardinal number 8
- achtThe digit/figure 8
- achtPlaying card with value 8
Esperanto ok
- okcardinal number 8
Estonian kaheksa
- kaheksacardinal number 8
Finnish kahdeksan, kahdeksikko
- kahdeksancardinal number 8
- kahdeksikkoset or group with eight components
- oktettiset or group with eight components
- kahdeksikkoThe digit/figure 8
- kasiThe digit/figure 8
- kahdeksikkoPlaying card with value 8
- kasiPlaying card with value 8
French huit, huit
- huitcardinal number 8
- huitThe digit/figure 8
- huitPlaying card with value 8
German acht, acht
- achtcardinal number 8
- achtcardinal number 8
- AchtThe digit/figure 8
- AchtPlaying card with value 8
Greek οκτώ, η΄
- οκτώ (októ)cardinal number 8
- η΄cardinal number 8
Hawaiian walu, ʻewalu
- walucardinal number 8
- ʻewalucardinal number 8
Hebrew שְׁמוֹנֶה, שְׁמוֹנָה
- שְׁמוֹנֶה (shmóne)cardinal number 8
- שְׁמוֹנָה (shmoná)cardinal number 8
- שְׁמִינִיָּה (shminiyá)set or group with eight components
Hindi आठ, अष्ट
- आठ (āṭh)cardinal number 8
- अष्ट (aṣṭ)cardinal number 8
- अठ (aṭh)cardinal number 8
- अष्ट (aṣṭ)The digit/figure 8
- आठ (āṭh)The digit/figure 8
Hungarian nyolc, nyolcas
- nyolccardinal number 8
- nyolcasThe digit/figure 8
Icelandic átta
- áttacardinal number 8
Indonesian delapan
- delapancardinal number 8
Irish ocht
- ochtcardinal number 8
Italian otto
- ottocardinal number 8
Japanese 八, 八つ
- 八 (hachi)cardinal number 8
- 八つcardinal number 8
- エイト (eito)cardinal number 8
- 八 (hachi)The digit/figure 8
- エイト (eito)The digit/figure 8
Korean 여덟, 팔
- 여덟 (yeodeol)cardinal number 8
- 팔 (pal)cardinal number 8
- 에잇 (eit)cardinal number 8
Latin octo
- octocardinal number 8
Latvian astoņi, astoņas
- astoņicardinal number 8
- astoņascardinal number 8
- astoņnieksThe digit/figure 8
- astotnieksThe digit/figure 8
- astoņnieksPlaying card with value 8
- astotnieksPlaying card with value 8
Lithuanian aštuoni, aštuonios
- aštuonicardinal number 8
- aštuonioscardinal number 8
- aštuoneriset or group with eight components
- aštuoneriosset or group with eight components
- aštuonetasThe digit/figure 8
Malay لاڤن, دلاڤن
- لاڤنcardinal number 8
- دلاڤنcardinal number 8
- سلاڤنcardinal number 8
- استاcardinal number 8
- lapancardinal number 8
- delapancardinal number 8
- selapancardinal number 8
- astacardinal number 8
Māori waru
- warucardinal number 8
Norwegian Bokmål åtte
- åttecardinal number 8
Persian هشت
- هشت (hašt)cardinal number 8
Polish osiem, ośmioro
- osiemcardinal number 8
- ośmiorocardinal number 8
- ósemkaset or group with eight components
- ósemka (1,2)The digit/figure 8
- ósemka (1,2)Playing card with value 8
Portuguese oito, oito
- oitocardinal number 8
- oitoThe digit/figure 8
- oitoPlaying card with value 8
Punjabi ਅੱਠ
- ਅੱਠ (aṭṭha)cardinal number 8
Romanian opt
- optcardinal number 8
Russian во́семь, во́сьмеро
- во́семь (vósemʹ)cardinal number 8
- во́сьмеро (vósʹmero)cardinal number 8
- восьмёрка (vosʹmjórka)set or group with eight components
- восьмёрка (vosʹmjórka)The digit/figure 8
- восьмёрка (vosʹmjórka)Playing card with value 8
Scottish Gaelic ochd, ochdnar
- ochdcardinal number 8
- ochdnarcardinal number 8
- a h-ochdset or group with eight components
- ochdnarset or group with eight components
Slovak osem
- osemcardinal number 8
Spanish ocho
- ochocardinal number 8
Swahili nane
- nanecardinal number 8
Swedish åtta, åtta
- åttacardinal number 8
- åttaThe digit/figure 8
- åttaPlaying card with value 8
Tagalog walo
- walocardinal number 8
Tamil எட்டு
- எட்டு (eṭṭu)cardinal number 8
Thai แปด
- แปด (bpɛ̀ɛt)cardinal number 8
Turkish sekiz
- sekizcardinal number 8
Ukrainian ві́сім, во́сьмеро
- ві́сім (vísim)cardinal number 8
- во́сьмеро (vósʹmero)cardinal number 8
- ві́сімка (vísimka)set or group with eight components
- ві́сімка (vísimka)The digit/figure 8
- ві́сімка (vísimka)Playing card with value 8
Urdu آٹھ
- آٹھ (āṭh)cardinal number 8
Vietnamese tám
- támcardinal number 8
Welsh wyth
- wythcardinal number 8
Yiddish אַכט
- אַכט (akht)cardinal number 8
Zulu isishiyagalombili
- isishiyagalombilicardinal number 8
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Cite this entry
eight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eight
“eight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eight. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eight.
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