huit
French, number/ɥit/
huit is spelled H-U-I-T (4 letters) and appears 87 times per million words in written French, the 964th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Huit is a French number meaning “eight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does huit mean in English?
number
- 1
eight
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sept plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 8. 2. Huitième.
noun: 1. Valeur de dénombrement suivant sept. 2. Signe utilisé pour représenter ce nombre. 3. Carte portant le numéro huit. → voir huit américain 4. Figure géométrique ayant la forme d’un 8. → voir grand huit
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of huit
- huict alternative obsolete
- ^((h aspiré))\ɥit\ invariable
- huits plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce huit?
- /ɥit/
- Quebec [ɥɪt]
- Belgium [wit]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to huit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is huit in French?
huit appears 87 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).