French

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French numbers (edit)
800[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  70 [a], [b] ←  79 80 81  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e] 90  → [a], [b]
8
    Cardinal (decimal): huitante, octante
    Cardinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingts
    Ordinal (decimal): huitantième, octantième
    Ordinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingtième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 80e, (now nonstandard) 80ème

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin octāgintā. Doublet of huitante.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔk.tɑ̃t/
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Numeral

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octante (invariable)

  1. (dialect) eighty
    Synonyms: (France, Belgium) quatre-vingts, (in French-speaking Switzerland) huitante

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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octante

  1. ablative singular of octāns