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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 (“four”) and vingt (“twenty”), both of which are derived from Latin. The vigesimal pattern of expressing 80 as 4×20, however, is of Celtic origin; see, for example, Irish fichead. (The Latin for 80 is octōgintā.).
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quatre-vingts (invariable)
- eighty, 80
- Synonyms: (Switzerland) huitante, octante
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