Meanings
- 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 2025Synonyms: fourscore
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*ahtōutēhundą“eighty”
- Old Englishhundeahtatiġ
- Middle Englisheightety
- Englisheighty
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans tagtig
- tagtig80
Ancient Greek ὀγδοήκοντα, π΄
- ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoḗkonta)80
- π΄80
Arabic ثَمَانِينَ, ثَمَانُونَ
- ثَمَانِينَ (ṯamānīna)80
- ثَمَانُونَ (ṯamānūna)80
Basque laurogei
- laurogei80
Bengali আশি
- আশি (aśi)80
Bulgarian осемдесе́т
- осемдесе́т (osemdesét)80
Catalan vuitanta, huitanta
- vuitanta80
- huitanta80
Chinese Mandarin 八十
- 八十 (bāshí)80
Czech osmdesát
- osmdesát80
Danish firs, firsindstyve
- firs80
- firsindstyve80
- otti80
Dutch tachtig
- tachtig80
Esperanto okdek
- okdek80
Estonian kaheksakümmend
- kaheksakümmend80
Finnish kahdeksankymmentä
- kahdeksankymmentä80
French quatre-vingts, octante
- quatre-vingts80
- octante80
- huitante80
German achtzig
- achtzig80
Greek ογδόντα
- ογδόντα (ogdónta)80
Hawaiian kanawalu
- kanawalu80
Hebrew שְׁמוֹנִים
- שְׁמוֹנִים (shmoním)80
Hindi अस्सी
- अस्सी (assī)80
Hungarian nyolcvan
- nyolcvan80
Indonesian delapan puluh
- delapan puluh80
Irish ochtó
- ochtó80
Italian ottanta
- ottanta80
Japanese 八十
- 八十 (hachijū)80
Korean 여든, 팔십
- 여든 (yeodeun)80
- 팔십 (palsip)80
Latin octōgintā
- octōgintā80
Latvian astoņdesmit
- astoņdesmit80
Lithuanian aštuoniasdešimt
- aštuoniasdešimt80
Malay lapan puluh
- lapan puluh80
Māori waru tekau
- waru tekau80
Norwegian åtti
- åtti80
Persian هشتاد
- هشتاد (haštâd)80
Polish osiemdziesiąt
- osiemdziesiąt80
Portuguese oitenta
- oitenta80
Punjabi ਅੱਸੀ
- ਅੱਸੀ (assī)80
Romanian optzeci
- optzeci80
Russian во́семьдесят
- во́семьдесят (vósemʹdesjat)80
Scottish Gaelic ceithir fichead, ochdad
- ceithir fichead80
- ochdad80
Slovak osemdesiat
- osemdesiat80
Spanish ochenta
- ochenta80
Swahili themanini
- themanini80
Swedish åttio
- åttio80
Tagalog walumpu, otsenta
- walumpu80
- otsenta80
Thai แปดสิบ
- แปดสิบ (bpɛ̀ɛt-sìp)80
Turkish seksen
- seksen80
Ukrainian ві́сімдесят
- ві́сімдесят (vísimdesjat)80
Urdu اسی
- اسی (assī)80
Vietnamese tám mươi
- tám mươi80
Welsh pedwar ugain, wyth deg
- pedwar ugain80
- wyth deg80
Yiddish אַכציק
- אַכציק (akhtsik)80
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with eighty
All rhymes →Cite this entry
eighty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty
“eighty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eighty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty.
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