See also: huitante

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French uitante, from Latin octāgintā, variant of octōgintā (compare dialectal French huitante). The -p- is from contamination with septante (seventy).

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huiptante (invariable)

  1. (Acadia) Alternative form of huitante (eighty)

Norman

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Norman cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : huiptante

Etymology

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From Old French uitante, from Latin octaginta, variant of octoginta (compare dialectal French huitante).

Numeral

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huiptante

  1. (Jersey) eighty
    Synonym: quatre-vîngts