huit

common nounadjectiveverb

Syllable Decomposition

huit

from Latin octo, from the Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw. The non-etymological h was added by medieval clerics when u and v were written similarly, to avoid reading vitvoir huile, huis and huître.

Definitions

Translations

  • germangerman:acht
  • englishenglish:eight
  • koreankorean:팔
  • spanishspanish:ocho
  • finnishfinnish:kahdeksan
  • greekgreek:οκτώ
  • hindihindi:आठ
  • italianitalian:otto
  • japanesejapanese:八
  • polishpolish:osiem
  • portugueseportuguese:oito
  • russianrussian:восемь
  • swedishswedish:åtta
  • turkishturkish:sekiz

See also

huit (v.)