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eighty

UK/ˈeɪ.ti/ US/ˈ(ʔ)eɪ̯ɾi/ fairly common
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

being ten more than seventy

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noun

1.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight

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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”).

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