huitante-neuf

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French

French numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  88 89 90  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal (decimal): huitante-neuf, octante-neuf
    Cardinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingt-neuf
    Ordinal (decimal): huitante-neuvième, octante-neuvième
    Ordinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingt-neuvième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 89e, (now nonstandard) 89ème

Etymology

From huitante (eighty) +‎ neuf (nine).

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɥi.tɑ̃t.nœf/
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Numeral

huitante-neuf (invariable)

  1. (obsolete outside Switzerland and other dialects) eighty-nine
    Synonyms: (in France) quatre-vingt-neuf; octante-neuf