huitante

== French == === Alternative forms === huiptante (Acadia) === Etymology === Inherited from Old French oitante, uitante, from Latin octāgintā, variant of octōgintā (“eighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *oktōḱomt, from earlier *oḱto(w)-dḱomt (“eight-ten”). Cognate with Jèrriais huiptante, Valencian Catalan huitanta. Doublet of octante. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɥi.tɑ̃t/ === Numeral === huitante (invariable) (obsolete outside Vaud, Valais and Fribourg in Switzerland and other dialects: Acadia, Cajun) eighty Synonyms: (outside Switzerland and in the Swiss cantons of Geneva, Berne, Neuchâtel and Jura) quatre-vingts, octante Il a écrit huitante mots. ― He wrote eighty words. ==== Related terms ==== huit === See also === nonante octante septante === References === === Further reading === “huitante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012