†huit (huit, before a vowel, a silent h, and at the end of the phrase; hui before a word beginning with a consonant, when huit qualifies it), adj., eight; eighth. Dans — jours, d’aujourd’hui en —; this day week. Il y a eu hier — jours; yesterday week. Il y a eu Dimanche — jours; last Sunday week.
†huit, n.m., eight; eighth. Le — au mois; the eighth of the month.
†huitain, n.m., stanza of eight lines.
†huitaine, n.f., eight days. Dans la —; in the course of the week.
†huitième (hui-ti-èm), adj., eighth.
†huitième, n.m., eighth.
†huitième, n.f., eighth class, eighth form (or first form in England).
†huitièmement, adv., eighthly.
huître, n.f., oyster; (fig.) blockhead, dunce. — marinée; pickled oyster. — à l’écaille; oyster in the shell. Cloyère d’—s; basket of twenty-six dozen of oysters. Frai d’—s; oyster-brood. C’est une — à l’écaille; he is a blockhead.
huîtrier, n.m., (orni.) oyster-catcher.