huit

• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈwit/

huit m or f

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

huit m (plural huits)

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

Possibly from the same root as huitoa, huitaista, referring to fast movement. Compare also huut.

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

huit

1. 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.

• huut

• huitsin

• “huit”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• huict (obsolete)

Inherited 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.

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɥit/ (independent and before vowel or mute h)
  • (France)

    Audio [ɥit]

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  • (Quebec) IPA^(key): [ɥɪt]
  • (Belgium) IPA^(key): [wit]
• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɥi/ (before modified word in a consonant or aspirated h)
• Rhymes: -it

huit (invariable)

1. eight

• huit cents
• huitième
• nœud en huit

• Garifuna: widü
• Louisiana Creole: wit

• “huit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

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huit

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) eight

• dgiêx-huit (“eighteen”)

huit m (plural huits)

1. (Jersey) figure-of-eight knot