quatre-vingtième

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French

French numbers (edit)
800,
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8
    Cardinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingts
    Cardinal (decimal): huitante, octante
    Ordinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingtième
    Ordinal (decimal): huitantième, octantième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 80e, (now nonstandard) 80ème

Etymology

From quatre-vingt +‎ -ième.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.tjɛm/
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Adjective

quatre-vingtième (plural quatre-vingtièmes)

  1. (France, North America, Belgium, Luxembourg, fractional number) eightieth
    Synonyms: (Switzerland) huitantième, (archaic) octantième

Noun

quatre-vingtième m (plural quatre-vingtièmes)

  1. (France, North America, Belgium, Luxembourg, ordinal number) eightieth
    Synonyms: (Switzerland) huitantième, (archaic) octantième

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