huit

== English == === Interjection === huit A cry to sled dogs to start moving. == Catalan == === Pronunciation === (Valencia) 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 == === Etymology === Possibly from the same root as huitoa, huitaista, referring to fast movement. Compare also huut. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhui̯t/, [ˈhui̯t̪] Rhymes: -uit Syllabification(key): huit Hyphenation(key): huit === Adverb === huit an intensifier used in some idioms ==== Synonyms ==== huut ==== See also ==== huitsin === Further reading === “huit”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Alternative forms === huict (obsolete) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɥit/ (independent and before vowel or mute h) (Quebec) IPA(key): [ɥɪt] (Belgium) IPA(key): [wit] (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɥi/ (before modified word in a consonant or aspirated h) Rhymes: -it === Numeral === huit (invariable) eight ==== Derived terms ==== huit cents huitième nœud en huit ==== Descendants ==== Garifuna: widü Haitian Creole: uit Louisiana Creole: wit === See also === === Further reading === “huit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French uit, from Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. === Pronunciation === === Numeral === huit (Jersey, Guernsey) eight ==== Derived terms ==== dgiêx-huit (“eighteen”) === Noun === huit m (plural huits) (Jersey) figure-of-eight knot