eight
Plural: eights
Noun
- The cardinal number equivalent to seven plus one.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
- one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
- The digit/figure 8.
- Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
- A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
- A race in which such craft participate.
- The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
- Eight o'clock.
- Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river)
Adjective Satellite
- being one more than seven
Num
- A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
- Describing a group or set with eight elements.
Adj
- Obsolete spelling of eighth.
Examples
- He works eight hours a day.
- With only eight tiles left in the bag, he knew the game of Words With Friends was almost over.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
8, Ashcan School, eight-spot, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad, viii, VIII
Scrabble Score: 9
eight: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordeight: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eight: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary