huit

common nounadjectiveverb

Syllable Decomposition

huit

from Latin octo, from the Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. The h, not etymological, is an addition by medieval clerics, when v and u were written similarly, to avoid the reading vitvoir oil, door, and oyster.

Definitions

Translations

  • germangerman:Acht
  • englishenglish:eight
  • arabicarabic:ثَمانية
  • chinesechinese:
  • spanishspanish:ocho
  • greekgreek:οκτώ
  • hindihindi:आठ
  • italianitalian:otto
  • japanesejapanese:
  • portugueseportuguese:oito
  • russianrussian:восемь
  • swedishswedish:åtta