vuit

Catalan

Catalan numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal (Central): vuit     Cardinal (Valencian): huit     Ordinal (Central): vuitè     Ordinal (Valencian): huité     Ordinal (Latinate): octau     Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 8è     Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 8é     Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 8u     Multiplier: òctuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on 8

Alternative forms

• huit (Valencia)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbujt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvujt]

• Audio (Central):

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• Rhymes: -ujt
• Homophone: buit

Numeral

vuit m or f

1. (cardinal number) eight

Noun

vuit m (plural vuits)

1. eight

Derived terms

• vuitè

Old French

Alternative forms

• voit, wit, wide, vuide

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vocitum.

Adjective

vuit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vuide)

1. empty (having no content)

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	vuiz	vuide/voide	vuit
	oblique	vuit			vuide/voide	vuit
plural	subject	vuit	vuides/voides		vuit
	oblique	vuiz			vuides/voides	vuit

Descendants

• Bourguignon: veude
• French: vide
  • → Romanian: vid
• Norman: viède
• Picard: uide
• Walloon: vude
• → Middle English: voide, voyde
  • English: void
    • → Welsh: foed

Piedmontese

Adjective

vuit

1. greasy

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of vui.

Noun

vuit n (uncountable)

1. whizzing

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vuit	vuitul
genitive-dative	vuit	vuitului
vocative	vuitule

Verb

vuit (past participle of vui)

1. past participle of vui

Volapük

Noun

vuit (nominative plural vuits)

1. wheat

Declension

declension of vuit

	singular	plural
nominative	vuit	vuits
genitive	vuita	vuitas
dative	vuite	vuites
accusative	vuiti	vuitis
vocative 1	o vuit!	o vuits!
predicative 2	vuitu	vuitus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only