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eight·y

(ā′tē)

n. pl. eight·ies

1. The cardinal number equal to 8 × 10.

2. eighties

a. A decade or the numbers from 80 to 89: They were still active in their eighties. Before noon, the temperature shot into the eighties.

b. often Eighties The decade from 80 to 89 in a century.

[Middle English eighti, from Old English eahtatig; see oktō(u) in Indo-European roots.]

eight′y adj. & pron.

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eighty

(ˈeɪtɪ)

n, pl -ies

1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight. See also number¹

2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 80, LXXX, etc, representing this number

3. (Mathematics) (plural) the numbers 80–89, esp a person's age or the year of a particular century

4. (Mathematics) the amount or quantity that is eight times as big as ten

5. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 80 units

determiner

a. amounting to eighty: eighty pages of nonsense.

b. (as pronoun): eighty are expected.

[Old English eahtatig; related to Old Frisian achtig, Old High German ahtozug]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

eight•y

(ˈeɪ ti)

n., pl. eight•ies,
adj. n.

1. a cardinal number, ten times eight.

2. a symbol for this number, as 80 or LXXX.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. eighties, the numbers from 80 through 89, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature.

adj.

5. amounting to 80 in number.

[before 850; Middle English eighteti, Old English eahtatig. See eight, -ty¹]

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Noun	1.	eighty - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight 80, fourscore, LXXX large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
Adj.	1.	eighty - being ten more than seventy 80, fourscore, lxxx cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

Translations

ثمانونثَمانونعُمْر الثَّمانينعُمْرُه ثَمانون عاما

huitantavuitanta

osmdesát

firsfirs årfirs år gammel

achtzig achtzigjährig

ογδόντα

okdek

ochenta

kahdeksankymmentä

quatre-vingts huitante quatre-vingt

שמונים

osamdeset

nyolcvan

áttatíuáttatíu áraáttræîur, áttatíu ára

ottanta

八十

octoginta

aštuoniasdešimtaštuoniasdešimt metųaštuoniasdešimtasaštuoniasdešimtiesaštuoniasdešimties metų

astoņdesmitastoņdesmit gadu vecumsastoņdesmit gadus vecs

optzeci

osemdesiatosemdesiat rokov

osemdesetosemdeseta leta

åttio

แปดสิบ

seksenseksen yaşıseksen yaşında

tám mươi

八十八十岁八十的

eighty

[ˈeɪtɪ]

A. ADJ → ochenta
she's eighty → tiene ochenta años

B. N → ochenta m
the eighties → los años ochenta
to be in one's eighties → tener más de ochenta años
see five for usage

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

eighty

[ˈeɪti] num → quatre-vingts
to be eighty (years old) → avoir quatre-vingts ans
eighty one → quatre-vingt un

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

eighty

adj → achtzig

n → Achtzig f ? sixty

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

eighty

[ˈeɪtɪ]

1. adj → ottanta inv

2. n → ottanta m inv
for usage see five

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

eighty

(ˈeiti) noun

1. the number or figure 80.

2. the age of 80.

adjective

1. 80 in number.

2. aged 80.

ˈeighties noun plural

1. the period of time between one's eightieth and ninetieth birthdays. He is in his eighties.

2. the range of temperatures between eighty and ninety degrees. It was in the eighties yesterday.

3. the period of time between the eightieth and ninetieth years of a century. life in the 'eighties/'80s.

ˈeightieth noun

1. one of eighty equal parts. eleven eightieths.

2. (also adjective) (the) last of eighty (people, things etc); (the) next after the seventy-ninth.

eighty-

having eighty. an eighty-page book.

ˈeighty-year-old noun

a lively eighty-year-old.

adjective

an eighty-year-old widow.

eighty

→ ثَمانون osmdesát firs achtzig ογδόντα ochenta kahdeksankymmentä quatre-vingt osamdeset ottanta 八十 80 tachtig åtti osiemdziesiąt oitenta восемьдесят åttio แปดสิบ seksen tám mươi 八十

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