octante

French

French numbers ^(edit)

		800[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  70	[a], [b] ←  79	80	81  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e]	90  → [a], [b]
		8
Cardinal (decimal): huitante, octante     Cardinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingts     Ordinal (decimal): huitantième, octantième     Ordinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingtième     Ordinal abbreviation: 80e, (now nonstandard) 80ème
French Wikipedia article on 80

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin octāgintā. Doublet of huitante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.tɑ̃t/

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Numeral

octante (invariable)

1. (dialect) eighty

   Synonyms: (France, Belgium) quatre-vingts, (in French-speaking Switzerland) huitante

Further reading

• “octante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔkˈtan.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [okˈt̪an̪.t̪e]

Noun

octante

1. ablative singular of octāns