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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 (vigesimal): quatre-vingts
Cardinal (decimal): huitante, octante
Ordinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingtième
Ordinal (decimal): huitantième, octantième
Ordinal abbreviation: 80e, (now nonstandard) 80ème
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Etymology
From quatre-vingt + -ième.
Pronunciation
Adjective
quatre-vingtième (plural quatre-vingtièmes)
- (France, North America, Belgium, Luxembourg, fractional number) eightieth
- Synonyms: (Switzerland) huitantième, (archaic) octantième
Noun
quatre-vingtième m (plural quatre-vingtièmes)
- (France, North America, Belgium, Luxembourg, ordinal number) eightieth
- Synonyms: (Switzerland) huitantième, (archaic) octantième
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