8 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 8 or eight may also refer to:

Years

AD 8 AD 8 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camillus and Quinctilianus (or, less frequently, 761 Ab urbe condita). The ...

, the eighth year of the AD era *

8 BC __NOTOC__ Year 8 BC was either a common year starting on Friday or Saturday or a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a ...

, the eighth year before the AD era

Art

The Eight (Ashcan School) Robert Henri (; June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929) was an American painter and teacher. As a young man, he studied in Paris, where he identified strongly with the Impressionists, and determined to lead an even more dramatic revolt against A ...

, a group of twentieth century painters associated with the Ashcan School *

The Eight (painters) The Eight (''A Nyolcak'' in Hungarian language) was an avant-garde art movement of Hungarian painters active mostly in Budapest from 1909 to 1918. They were connected to Post-Impressionism and radical movements in literature and music as well, ...

, an avant-garde art movement of Hungarian painters

Motor vehicles

Bentley Eight The Eight was Bentley's "entry-level" offering from 1984 until 1992. Distinguished mainly by a wire-mesh grille radiator instead of vertical slats, the Eight also had somewhat less equipment than the similar Mulsanne on which it was based. This ...

, Bentley's "entry-level" offering from 1984 until 1992 *

Leyland Eight The Leyland Eight was a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923. The car was designed by the chief engineer of Leyland Motors, J.G. Parry-Thomas and his assistant Reid Railton, and was intended to be the finest car available ...

, a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923 *

Mercury Eight The Mercury Eight is an automobile that was marketed by the Mercury division of Ford between 1939 and 1951. The debut model line of the Mercury division, Ford slotted the full-size Mercury Eight between the Ford Deluxe (later Custom) model lin ...

, a first Post War Mercury car design *

Morris Eight The Morris Eight is a small family car produced by Morris Motors from 1935 to 1948. It was inspired by the sales popularity of the Ford Model Y, styling of which the Eight closely followed. The success of the car enabled Morris to regain its posi ...

, a small car inspired by the Ford Model Y *

Standard Eight The Standard Eight is a small car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1938 to 1959. The car was originally launched in 1938 as the Flying Eight. After the Second World War the Flying range of Standards was dropped but an update ...

, a small car produced by Standard Motor Company 1938–59 *

Wolseley Eight The Wolseley Eight is a four door, light saloon car which was produced by Wolseley Motors from 1946 until 1948. It was based on the Morris Eight Series E and also shared many body panels with the MG Y-type. At the time it was said to be Lord Nu ...

, a four-door, light saloon car produced by Wolseley Motors Limited from 1946 to 1948 *

Straight eight The straight-eight engine (also referred to as an inline-eight engine; abbreviated I8 or L8) is a piston engine with eight cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft. The number of cylinders and perfect primary and secondary engi ...

, automobile engine *

Eight cylinder The engine configuration describes the fundamental operating principles by which internal combustion engines are categorized. Piston engines are often categorized by their cylinder layout, valves and camshafts. Wankel engines are often categorize ...

, automobile engine

Sports

Eight (rowing) An eight is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox". Each of the eight rowers has one oar. The rowers, who sit i ...

, rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing *

Figure 8 (belay device) The figure 8 belay device is a piece of metal (usually an aluminum alloy) in the shape of an 8 with one large end and one small end. Usage This device utilizes a large surface area in contact with a climbing rope to provide sufficient friction ...

, rock climbing equipment also known as an "eight"

Transportation

8 (New York City Subway service) 8 was a designation given to two New York City Subway services. It was first used by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation for its Astoria Line from 1917 to 1949. The ex-Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) Third Avenue El subsequent ...

, designation given to several IRT services * 8 (Los Angeles Railway), a line operated by the Los Angeles Railway *

Eighth Avenue (Brooklyn) Eighth Avenue is a major street in Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most den ...

, a major street in Brooklyn, New York City * Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), a major avenue in Manhattan, New York City *

List of highways numbered 8 The following highways are numbered 8. For roads numbered A8, see list of A8 roads. For roads numbered N8, see list of N8 roads. Route 8, or Highway 8, may refer to: International * Asian Highway 8 * European route E08 * European route E00 ...

* List of public transport routes numbered 8

Film, TV, and theatre

* ''8'' (2008 film), an anthology of eight short films *'' 8: The Mormon Proposition'', a 2010 American documentary film * ''8'' (upcoming film), an upcoming Indian Tamil film * ''Eight'' (1998 film), a British short film directed by Stephen Daldry *

Channel 8 (disambiguation) Channel 8 or TV 8 may refer to Television networks, channels and stations * Channel 8 (Israel), a television channel in Israel; see List of television channels in Israel * Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel), a Chinese-language television channel i ...

, several television stations * ''8'' (play), a 2011 play about California's Proposition 8 by Dustin Lance Black * ''Eight'' (play), the first play written by Ella Hickson

Literature

* ''The Eight'' (novel), an American author Katherine Neville's first novel

Music

Eight (Japanese band) Eight (sometimes typeset as √eight or THE EIGHT) was a Japanese visual kei rock band from Hokkaido. They were formed in 2004 by Nachi and Kyotaro after Nachi's previous band Werkmare had disbanded. The band used to be signed to Nachi's own la ...

, a Japanese metal band *

Eight (Korean band) 8Eight () is a South Korean co-ed vocal trio group consisting of Baek Chan, Lee Hyun, and Joo Hee. On December 21, 2014, Baek Chan and Joo Hee's contracts with Big Hit Entertainment and Source Music expired and the group became temporarily disba ...

, stylized as 8Eight, a South Korean pop group

Albums

* ''8'' (Anggun album), 2017 * ''8'' (Arvingarna album), 2005 * ''8'' (Do As Infinity video), a 2004 video album * ''8'' (Gian Marco Zignago album), 2006 * ''8'' (Hunter EP), 2009 * ''8'' (Incubus album), 2017 * ''8'' (J. J. Cale album), 1983 * ''8'' (Kekal album), 2011 * ''8'' (Luis Fonsi album), 2014 * ''8'' (Statik Selektah album), 2017 * ''Eight'' (Do As Infinity album), 2011 * ''Eight'' (New Model Army album), 2000 * ''Ei8ht'' (album), a 2012 album by Nik Kershaw *''8'' (2008), an album by

Bo Kaspers Orkester Bo Kaspers Orkester is a Swedish pop-rock band with strong influences of jazz, formed in 1991. Consist of Bo Sundström, Fredrik Dahl, Michael Malmgren and Mats Schubert and won a Grammis award in 1998 for ''artist of the year''. Discography Al ...

Songs

*"8 Ball" by

Herb Alpert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have landed on the ...

, 1985 *"Eight", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''

Wild, Wonderful Purgatory ''Wild, Wonderful Purgatory'' is the second studio album by stoner rock band Karma to Burn. The album was released on May 31, 1999 (Europe) by Roadrunner UK, and July 7, 1999 (North America) by MIA Records. The album was reissued on March 18, 20 ...

'', 1999 *"8" by

Billie Eilish Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell ( ; born December 18, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single " Ocean Eyes", written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell, with whom ...

, 2019 *"

Eight (song) "Eight" (Korean: 에잇; ''eit'') (stylized in all lowercase) is a song recorded by South Korean singer-songwriter IU featuring Suga, a rapper of South Korean boy band BTS. It was released as a digital single on May 6, 2020 by EDAM Entertainm ...

" by IU featuring Suga, 2020

Typography

*8, the X-SAMPA symbol for the

close-mid central rounded vowel The close-mid central rounded vowel, or high-mid central rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , a lowercase barred letter o. The character ɵ has been used ...

, equivalent to the IPA symbol *8, a common substitute for the ou-ligature ȣ *8, a letter in the

Old Italic script The Old Italic scripts are a family of similar ancient writing systems used in the Italian Peninsula between about 700 and 100 BC, for various languages spoken in that time and place. The most notable member is the Etruscan alphabet, which ...

(𐌚) with the value /f/

Other uses

*8, numerical symbol for the month of

August August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...

*8, the number used on a seven-segment display * Windows 8, an operating system by Microsoft * Eight, West Virginia, an unincorporated community