quatre-vingt

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French

French cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : quatre-vingt
    Ordinal : quatre-vingtième

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.tʁə.vɛ̃/
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Noun

quatre-vingt m (plural quatre-vingt)

  1. Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers)
    quatre-vingt-six
    eighty-six

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