huiptante

See also: huitante

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French uitante, from Latin octāgintā, variant of octōgintā (compare dialectal French huitante). The -p- is from series contamination with septante (“seventy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɥip.tɑ̃t/

Numeral

huiptante (invariable)

  1. (Acadia) alternative form of huitante (“eighty”)

Norman

Norman cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : huiptante

Etymology

From Old French uitante, from Latin octaginta, variant of octoginta (compare dialectal French huitante).

Numeral

huiptante

  1. (Jersey) eighty
    Synonym: quatre-vîngts
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