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eight

UK/eʈ/ US/eɪt/ very common
adjective (1) noun (2)

adjective

1.

being one more than seven

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noun

1.
2.

a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life

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Origin

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).

Phrases

  • aces and eights
  • big eight
  • crazy eight
  • crazy eights
  • Cuban eight
  • Eight Ash Green
  • eight ball
  • eight-bar blues
  • Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

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