eighty

CEFRA1

/ˈeɪ.ti/

number · numeral

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In plain English

  1. 01

    number

    The number ten times eight.

  2. 02

    numeral

    Extra detail

    The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

Examples

  • Halley's Comet comes round once every eighty years.

  • The lady is over eighty.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈ(ʔ)eɪ̯ɾi]

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  • 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.

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Origin

number

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”).