Quatre-vingt (en. Eighty)

/katʁə.vɛ̃/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

A unit of account that follows seventy.

He won eighty euros in the lottery.

Il a gagné quatre-vingt euros dans la loterie.

Refers to the number 80 in the decimal numbering system.

The address of his house is eighty Liberty Street.

L'adresse de sa maison est le quatre-vingt rue de la Liberté.

Comes from the old numeral construction that combines four (4) with twenty (20), literally meaning four times twenty.

eighty seconds

80 seconds

quatre-vingts seondes

eighty years

80 years

quatre-vingts ans

ninety

Just above eighty

quatre-vingt-dix

twenty

Number representing 20.

vingt

four

Number representing 4.

quatre

ten

Number representing 10.

dix

A colloquial term for a group of eighty.

There were eighty of us in the room.

On était quatre-vingt dans la salle.

Sometimes used to mean a large quantity.

I have eighty of those books at home.

J'ai quatre-vingt de ces livres chez moi.