Meanings
eighty-six1
- The cardinal number immediately following eighty-five and preceding eighty-seven.
eighty-six2
present singular third person eighty-sixes · participle present eighty-sixing · participle past eighty-sixed · past eighty-sixed
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number immediately following eighty-five and preceding eighty-seven.
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Origin
eighty-six · verb
Unknown for certain. Possibly rhyming slang for nix (“cancel, say no to”) (given by the OED), or possibly part of a code of such numbers created in the 1920s. See also: Wikipedia:86 (term) and 86.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سِتَّة وَثَمَانُون
- سِتَّة وَثَمَانُون (sitta wa-ṯamānūn)cardinal number 86
Basque laurogeita sei
- laurogeita seicardinal number 86
Bengali ছিয়াশি
- ছিয়াশি (chiẏaśi)cardinal number 86
Catalan vuitanta-sis, huitanta-sis
- vuitanta-siscardinal number 86
- huitanta-siscardinal number 86
Dutch zesentachtig
- zesentachtigcardinal number 86
Esperanto okdek ses
- okdek sescardinal number 86
Finnish kahdeksankymmentäkuusi, peruuttaa
- kahdeksankymmentäkuusicardinal number 86
- peruuttaato cancel an order for food
- poistaa listaltato remove an item from menu
- heittää roskikseencolloquial: to throw out
French quatre-vingt-six, huitante-six
- quatre-vingt-sixcardinal number 86
- huitante-sixcardinal number 86
- octante-sixcardinal number 86
German sechsundachtzig, abbestellen
- sechsundachtzigcardinal number 86
- abbestellento cancel an order for food
- von der Karte nehmento remove an item from menu
- herunterreißencolloquial: to remove or eject
- hinauswerfencolloquial: to throw out
Greek ογδόντα έξ
- ογδόντα έξ (ogdónta éx)cardinal number 86
Hebrew שמנים־וששה
- שמנים־וששה (šmoním və-šišá)cardinal number 86
Hindi छियासी
- छियासी (chiyāsī)cardinal number 86
Hungarian nyolcvanhat
- nyolcvanhatcardinal number 86
Icelandic afpanta, taka af matseðli
- afpantato cancel an order for food
- taka af matseðlito remove an item from menu
- fjarlægjacolloquial: to remove or eject
- hendacolloquial: to throw out
Italian ottantasei
- ottantaseicardinal number 86
Japanese 八十六
- 八十六 (hachijūroku)cardinal number 86
Korean 여든여섯, 팔십육
- 여든여섯 (yeodeunyeoseot)cardinal number 86
- 팔십육 (palsibyuk)cardinal number 86
Latin octoginta sex
- octoginta sexcardinal number 86
Malay lapan puluh enam
- lapan puluh enamcardinal number 86
Polish osiemdziesiąt sześć
- osiemdziesiąt sześćcardinal number 86
Portuguese oitenta e seis
- oitenta e seiscardinal number 86
Punjabi ਛਿਆਸੀ
- ਛਿਆਸੀ (chiāsī)cardinal number 86
Romanian optzeci și șase
- optzeci și șasecardinal number 86
Russian во́семьдесят шесть
- во́семьдесят шесть (vósemʹdesjat šestʹ)cardinal number 86
Spanish ochenta y seis
- ochenta y seiscardinal number 86
Swahili themanini na sita
- themanini na sitacardinal number 86
Swedish avbryta, stryka från menyn
- avbrytato cancel an order for food
- stryka från menynto remove an item from menu
- slängacolloquial: to throw out
Tagalog walumpu't
- walumpu'tcardinal number 86
Turkish seksen altı
- seksen altıcardinal number 86
Ukrainian вісімдеся́т ші́сть
- вісімдеся́т ші́сть (visimdesját šístʹ)cardinal number 86
Urdu چھیاسی
- چھیاسی (chiyāsī)cardinal number 86
Welsh wyth deg chwech, chwech a phedwar ugain
- wyth deg chwechcardinal number 86
- chwech a phedwar ugaincardinal number 86
Cite this entry
eighty-six. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-six
“eighty-six.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-six. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eighty-six,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-six.
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