# eighty

Pronunciation: say "AY-tee" /ˈeɪ.ti/

## Numeral

1. The cardinal number that follows seventy-nine and precedes eighty-one, written 80 in Arabic numerals and LXXX in Roman numerals.
   - Simple: The number that comes after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, written as 80.
   - _The stadium held just over eighty thousand fans that night._
   - _She counted eighty stamps tucked inside the old album._

## Origin

Inherited from Middle English eiȝti, from Old English hundeahtatiġ and Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą, essentially "eight" plus the ending "-ty." It is related to German achtzig, Dutch tachtig, and Swedish åttio.

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