Eight - Huit (The 877th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Eight is Huit. It can be used as noun, pronoun. This word often comes up when talking about numbers & quantity. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 877th most common word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: eight

French: huit

Examples


His son is eight years old.	Son fils a huit ans.
Five and three is eight.	Cinq plus trois égalent huit.
I will be at your house at eight.	Je serai chez toi à huit heures.
My father goes to work at eight every day.	Mon père va travailler à huit heures tous les jours.
Ten minus two is eight.	Dix moins deux font huit.
It's a quarter past eight.	Il est huit heures et quart.
The play is at eight o'clock.	La pièce est à huit heures.
I have eight brothers.	J'ai huit frères.

School begins at eight-thirty.	L'école commence à huit heures et demie.
Our school begins at eight.	Notre école commence à huit heures.
It doesn't start until eight thirty.	Ça ne commence pas avant huit heures trente.
An eight-year-old car is almost worthless.	Une voiture de huit ans ne vaut presque rien.
It was eight meters long.	Il faisait huit mètres de long.
Eight is the double of four.	Huit est le double de quatre.
We are eight altogether.	Nous sommes huit en tout.
The bank stays open from eight until two.	La banque reste ouverte de huit heures à deux heures.
Father usually comes home at eight.	D'habitude, père rentre à huit heures.
I leave home before eight o'clock every morning.	Je quitte la maison tous les matins avant huit heures.
He came back to Japan for the first time in eight years.	Il est revenu au Japon pour la première fois en huit ans.
The committee consists of eight members.	Le comité est formé de huit membres.
He will arrive by eight at the latest.	Il arrivera pour huit heures au plus tard.