different between eighteen vs eighty

English

Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 18. Roman symbols: XVIII

Etymology

From Middle English ei?tetene, ei?tene, ehtetene, from Old English eahtat?ene, eahtat?ne, from Proto-Germanic *aht?utehun. Cognate with West Frisian achttjin, Dutch achttien, German achtzehn, Danish atten.

Pronunciation

• (next word stressed near the first syllable)

  (General American) IPA^(key): /?e?(t).tin/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?e?.ti?n/

• (next word stressed after the first syllable)

  (General American) IPA^(key): /?e?(t)?tin/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?e??ti?n/

• Rhymes: -i?n

Numeral

eighteen

1. The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

Related terms

• Ordinal: eighteenth

Translations

See also

• Last: seventeen. Next: nineteen

English

Etymology

From Middle English ei?ti, ey?ty, ei?tety, aghty, from Old English hundeahtati?, from Proto-Germanic *aht?ut?hund? (“eighty”), equivalent to eight +? -ty. Cognate with Scots hechty, auchty (“eighty”), Saterland Frisian tachentich (“eighty”), West Frisian tachtich (“eighty”), Dutch tachtig (“eighty”), German Low German tachentig (“eighty”), German achtzig (“eighty”), Swedish åttio (“eighty”), Norwegian åtti (“eighty”), Icelandic áttatíu (“eighty”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ??ti, IPA^(key): /?e?.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): [?(?)e???i]
• Rhymes: -e?ti

Numeral

eighty

1. The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

Related terms

• eight
• eighteen

Translations

See also

• Last: seventy-nine, seventy
• Next: eighty-one, ninety