quatre-vingts

Meaning

eighty, 80

Concepts

eighty

fourscore

80

eighty

lxxx

eighties

LXXX

Synonyms

huitante

80

quatre-vingt

octante

80

huitante

80

octante

80

Translations

ottanta

80

achtzig

80

ochenta

80

tachtig

80

vuitanta

80

ογδόντα

oitenta

80

seksen

80

octoginta

80

ochanta

heştê

80

huitanta

80

ثمانين

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.tʁə.vɛ̃/

Etymology

Cognate with Irish: 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.).