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eighty

/ˈeɪ.ti/[ˈ(ʔ)eɪ̯ɾi]

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

Numeral

eighty

  1. 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.2025 September 19, Peter Charalambous, “Judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation suit against New York Times, Penguin Random House”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025
    Synonyms:
    fourscore

eighty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

eighty in Hindi

80
अस्सी assī

eighty in Tamil

எண்பது

eighty in Marathi

eighty
ऐंशी aiuśī

eighty in Urdu

80
اسی assī
More languagesFewer languages
eighty in Bengali
আশি aśi
eighty in Telugu
ఎనభై enabhai
eighty in Malayalam
എൺപത് eṇpatŭ
eighty in Kannada
ಎಂಬತ್ತು, ಎಣ್ಪತ್ತು
eighty in Punjabi
ਅੱਸੀ assī
eighty in Gujarati
એંસી ẽsī
eighty in Odia
ଅଶି aśi
eighty in Sanskrit
अशीति aśītí
eighty in Sinhala
අසූව asūwa
eighty in Assamese
আশী axi
eighty in Nepali
असी asī
eighty in Pashto
اتيا atyā
eighty in Tagalog
walumpu, otsenta
eighty in Arabic
ثَمَانِينَ ṯamānīna, ثَمَانُونَ ṯamānūna
eighty in Malay
lapan puluh
eighty in Indonesian
delapan puluh
eighty in Persian
هشتاد haštâd
eighty in Thai
แปดสิบ bpɛ̀ɛt-sìp
eighty in Vietnamese
tám mươi
eighty in Myanmar
ရှစ်ဆယ် hrachcai
Dhivehi
އާހި āhi, އަށްދިހަ aṣ̊diha
Dzongkha
བརྒྱད་ཅུ brgyad cu

Examples of eighty in a sentence

  • Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute.
  • I fancied a flutter, and I won eighty pounds on it.
  • My nan has got dottier and dottier since passing the age of eighty.

All 40 example sentences with eighty

Synonyms of eighty

Origin of eighty

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”).

Words formed from eighty

Phrases with eighty

Words that rhyme with eighty

Questions about eighty

What does eighty mean?
Eighty means the cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.
What is eighty in Hindi?
Eighty in Hindi is अस्सी (assī). See Eighty meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is eighty?
Eighty is a numeral.
How do you pronounce eighty?
Eighty is pronounced /ˈeɪ.ti/.

Words near eighty in the dictionary

  1. eightsomes
  2. eightteen
  3. eightteenth
  4. eightth
  5. eightvo
  6. eighty
  7. eighty eight
  8. eighty five
  9. eighty four
  10. eighty nine
  11. eighty one

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eighty (page history and authors); eighty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ऐंशी (Marathi) (page history and authors); eighty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଅଶି (Odia) (page history and authors); আশী (Assamese) (page history and authors); असी (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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