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French
French numbers (edit)
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800[a], [b]
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[a], [b] ← 79
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80
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81 → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e]
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90 → [a], [b]
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8
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Cardinal (decimal): huitante, octante
Cardinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingts
Ordinal (decimal): huitantième, octantième
Ordinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingtième
Ordinal abbreviation: 80e, (now nonstandard) 80ème
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin octāgintā. Doublet of huitante.
Pronunciation
Numeral
octante (invariable)
- (dialect) eighty
- Synonyms: (France, Belgium) quatre-vingts, (in French-speaking Switzerland) huitante
Further reading
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
octante
- ablative singular of octāns