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eighty
- /ˈeɪ.ti/ US, UK
- [ˈ(ʔ)eɪ̯.ɾɪi̯]
Rhymes with -eɪti
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English eightety, eiȝti, eiȝtety, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą (“eighty”), equivalent to eight + -ty. Cognate with Scots hechty, auchty (“eighty”), Saterland Frisian tachentich (“eighty”), West Frisian tachtich (“eighty”), Dutch tachtig (“eighty”), Low German tachentig (“eighty”), German achtzig (“eighty”), Swedish åttio (“eighty”), Norwegian åtti (“eighty”), Icelandic áttatíu (“eighty”).
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The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.
Merryday, who was appointed by President Geroge^([sic]) H. W. Bush, said the complaint contains eighty pages of repetitive claims and praise for President Trump, but fails to establish the two counts of defamation alleged.
Similar: fourscore
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cardinal, fourscore, lxxx, eight, forty, ninety, firs, ochenta, seventy, sixty, fifty, thirty, twenty, nineteen, fifteen, eighteen
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num 80
| Español | ochenta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 여든 yeodeun, 팔십 palsip |
| 日本語 | 八十 hachijū |
| 中文 | 八十 bāshí |
| हिन्दी | अस्सी assī |
| Kiswahili | themanini |
| Português | oitenta |
| Français | quatre-vingts, octante, huitante |
| Deutsch | achtzig |
| Italiano | ottanta |
| Ελληνικά | ογδόντα ogdónta |
| Română | optzeci |
| Русский | во́семьдесят vósemʹdesjat |
| Tiếng Việt | tám mươi |
| العربية | ثَمَانِينَ ṯamānīna, ثَمَانُونَ ṯamānūna |
| עברית | שְׁמוֹנִים shmoním |
Talk about this word "eighty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eighty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. eighty. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eighty "eighty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eighty.Cite this
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title = {eighty},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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