octogenarian

English

Etymology

From French octogénaire (from Latin octōgēnārius (“containing eighty”), from octōgintā (“eighty”)) + -ian.

Noun

octogenarian (plural octogenarians)

1. One who is between the age of eighty and eighty-nine, inclusive.
   • 1951, IBM Corp., Proceedings, Computation Seminar (page 13)

     To replace logarithmic tables with natural tables required some time. This seems like a modern age, yet I am not an octogenarian and I can remember the dying gasp of the logarithmic table as the standard method of computation. I have seen the desk calculator become a necessary instrument for every scientist who is doing quantitative work.

Translations

One who is between the age of 80 and 89, inclusive

• Catalan: octogenari
• Czech: osmdesátník m
• Dutch: tachtiger (nl) m
• French: octogénaire (fr) m, f
• German: Achtzigjährige f, Achtzigjähriger m

• Hungarian: nyolcvanas (hu)
• Polish: osiemdziesięciolatek (pl) m, osiemdziesięciolatka (pl) f
• Spanish: octogenario (es) m, octogenaria (es) f
• Tagalog: wawalumpuin

Adjective

octogenarian (not comparable)

1. Being between the age of 80 and 89, inclusive.
2. Of or relating to an octogenarian.

Coordinate terms

• denarian
• vicenarian
• tricenarian
• quadragenarian
• quinquagenarian
• hexagenerian
• sexagenarian
• septuagenarian
• nonagenarian
• centenarian

Translations

being between 80 and 89, inclusive

• Catalan: octogenari
• Finnish: kahdeksissakymmenissä oleva, kahdeksankymppinen
• French: octogénaire (fr) m, f

• German: achtzigjährig (de)
• Hungarian: nyolcvanas (hu)