English

• Western (Arabic) numerals: eight, 8
• Greek numerals: ηʹ
• Roman numerals: VIII
  • Previous: seven (7)
  • Next: nine (9)

Cardinal number

1. The cardinal number occurring after seven and before nine. Ordinal: eighth.

   He works eight hours a day.

2. Describing a set or group with eight components.

Quotations

• 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22^nd 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.

Noun

1. Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
2. The digit/figure 8.
3. A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which a eight rowers each have two oars
4. A race in which such craft participate