Meaning

2 senses

  1. The person or thing in the eightieth position.

    Achtzigste

  2. One of eighty equal parts of a whole.

    Achtzigstel

    восьмидесятая

More definitions
  • position 80 in a countable series of things

Examples

1 sentences

  1. It was Sir Anthony's eightieth birthday concert and everybody wanted a ticket.

    ruЭто был концерт к восьмидесятому юбилею сэра Энтони, и все хотели билет. — Hellerick

    deEs war das Konzert zu Sir Anthonys achtzigstem Geburtstag, und jeder wollte eine Eintrittskarte. — Tamy

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
One of eighty equal parts of a whole:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
The person or thing in the eightieth position:
One of eighty equal parts of a whole:

Origin

From earlier eighteth, from Middle English eightetithe, eiȝtetithe, eiȝtithe; equivalent t

From earlier eighteth, from Middle English eightetithe, eiȝtetithe, eiȝtithe; equivalent to eighty + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.

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Forms

plural: eightieths
Singulareightieth
Pluraleightieths

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eighteenA1eightheightyA1eitherB1

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