quatre-vingts

Betekenis (Engels)

eighty, 80

Sinonieme

huitante

80

quatre-vingt

octante

80

huitante

80

octante

80

Vertalings

eighty

ottanta

80

achtzig

80

ochenta

80

tachtig

80

ογδόντα

vuitanta

80

oitenta

80

seksen

80

fourscore

octoginta

80

ochanta

huitanta

80

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ka.tʁə.vɛ̃/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Iers: fichead

In summary

From quatre (“four”) and vingt (“twenty”), both of which are derived from Latin. The vigesimal pattern of expressing 80 as 4×20, however, is of Celtic origin; see, for example, Welsh deugain (“forty”), trigain (“sixty”), pedwar ugain (“eighty”). (The Latin for 80 is octōgintā.).