eight

Etymology
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Etymology 1
From, , , , from , from , from , from.

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Alternative forms

 * Arabic numerals: 8
 * : VIII
 * : VIII

Numeral

 * 1)  A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
 * 2) * 2009, Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
 * Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
 * He works eight hours a day.
 * He works eight hours a day.

Noun

 * 1) The digit/figure 8.
 * 2)  Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
 * 3)  A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
 * 4)  A race in which such craft participate.
 * 5)  The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
 * 6) Eight o'clock.

Translations

 * Romanian: (1),  (2)

Etymology 2
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Etymology
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