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eighty-eight

eighty-eight numeral: number between eighty-seven and eighty-nine; decimal 88.

eighty-eight: number between eighty-seven and eighty-nine; decimal 88
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Numeral

eighty-eight

  1. Number between eighty-seven and eighty-nine; decimal 88
  2. An abbreviation for 'Hugs and kisses' in amateur radio. Used especially in Morse code.

Noun

eighty-eight (plural eighty-eights)

  1. (slang) A piano (from the number of keys)
  2. A butterfly of the genera Callicore, Perisama, or Diaethria, some of which have a pattern on their wings similar to the digits "88".

eighty-eight meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

eighty-eight in Hindi

88
अट्ठासी aṭṭhāsī

eighty-eight in Urdu

88
اٹھاسی aṭṭhāsī

eighty-eight in Bengali

88
আটাশি aṭaśi

eighty-eight in Malayalam

88
എൺപത്തെട്ട് eṇpatteṭṭŭ, എൺപത്തിയെട്ട് eṇpattiyeṭṭŭ
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eighty-eight in Punjabi
ਅਠਾਸੀ aṭhāsī
eighty-eight in Sanskrit
अष्टाशीति aṣṭāśīti
eighty-eight in Assamese
আঠাশী athaxi
eighty-eight in Nepali
अठासी aṭhāsī
eighty-eight in Tagalog
walumpu't walo
eighty-eight in Arabic
ثَمَانِيَة وَثَمَانُون ṯamāniya wa-ṯamānūn
eighty-eight in Malay
lapan puluh lapan
eighty-eight in Vietnamese
tám mươi tám

Forms of eighty-eight

pluraleighty-eights

Questions about eighty-eight

What does eighty-eight mean?
Eighty-eight means number between eighty-seven and eighty-nine; decimal 88.
What is eighty-eight in Hindi?
Eighty-eight in Hindi is अट्ठासी (aṭṭhāsī). See Eighty-eight meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is eighty-eight?
Eighty-eight can be a numeral or a noun.

Words near eighty-eight in the dictionary

  1. eighty six
  2. eighty three
  3. eighty two
  4. Eighty Years' War
  5. eighty-'leven
  6. eighty-eight
  7. eighty-eighth
  8. eighty-eighths
  9. eighty-eights
  10. eighty-eleven
  11. eighty-fifth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eighty-eight (page history and authors); আঠাশী (Assamese) (page history and authors); अठासी (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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