vuit

Catalan

Alternative forms

• huit (Valencia)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

Catalan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : vuit     Ordinal : vuitè     Multiplier : òctuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on Vuit

vuit m or f

1. eight

Noun

vuit m (plural vuits)

1. eight

Derived terms

• vuitè

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Old French

Alternative forms

• voit
• wit, wide
• vuide

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vocitus, related to vocuus, from Latin vacuus, from vacō.

Adjective

vuit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vuide)

1. empty (having no content)

Declension

Declension of vuit

Number	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

• French: vide
• → English: void

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Piedmontese

Adjective

vuit

1. greasy

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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