huit

Catalan

**Catalan numbers ^(edit)**
	80^{[a], [b]}
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal (Valencian): huit Cardinal (Central): vuit Ordinal (Valencian): huité Ordinal (Central): vuitè Ordinal (Latinate): octau Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 8é Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 8è Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 8u Multiplier: òctuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on 8

Pronunciation

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈwit/

Numeral

huit m or f

(Valencia) Alternative form of vuit (“eight”)

Noun

huit m (plural huits)

(Valencia) Alternative form of vuit (“eight”)

Finnish

Alternative forms

huut

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhui̯t/, [ˈhui̯t̪]
Rhymes: -uit
Syllabification^(key): huit

Adverb

huit

an intensifier used in some idioms
Huit hiiteen siitä!
Out of my sight!
Se on jossain huit helvetissä.
It is somewhere in the back of beyond.

French

**French numbers ^(edit)**
	80^{[a], [b], [c]}
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: huit Ordinal: huitième Ordinal abbreviation: 8e, (now nonstandard) 8ème Multiplier: octuple
French Wikipedia article on 8

Alternative forms

huict (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French huyct, from Old French uit, from Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

The h- was added in Middle French to avoid confusion with vit when the letters u and v were not distinguished; compare the same in huile, etc. That huit does not undergo initial liaison is in fact due to a general rule for numerals (compare un, onze), not to a historically aspirated onset.

Pronunciation

^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɥit/ (independent and before vowel or mute h)
- (France)
  Audio [ɥit] (file)
- (Quebec) IPA^(key): [ɥɪt]
- (Belgium) IPA^(key): [wit]
^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɥi/ (before modified word in a consonant or aspirated h)
Rhymes: -it