/ka.tʁə.vɛ̃/
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Translation
eighty
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Word origin
A French compound, quatre ('four') + vingts ('twenties'): eighty is counted as four twenties, a relic of the older habit of counting in twenties.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- quatre + vingt
Examples
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My grandfather is eighty.
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This book is eighty pages long.
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Eighty people were waiting outside the door.
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She paid eighty-five euros.
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We did eighty kilometres today.
Eighty is four twenties. The s on vingts shows only when nothing follows: quatre-vingts on its own, but quatre-vingt-un, quatre-vingt-cinq, with no s. Belgium says quatre-vingts too; parts of French-speaking Switzerland use huitante instead.
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 9: quatre-vingts, quand, son and 11 more words.