huitante
French, number/ɥi.tɑ̃t/
huitante is a French number meaning “eighty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does huitante mean in English?
number
- 1
eighty
Il a écrit huitante mots.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (Anciennement en France) Huit fois dix, 80.
noun: 1. et (Vallée d'Aoste) ou ou pour des raisons pratiques (Mathématiques, Bourse). Le nombre 80, entier naturel après soixante-dix-neuf/septante-neuf.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of huitante
- huiptante alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce huitante?
- /ɥi.tɑ̃t/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɥi.tɑ̃t\
- \ɥi.tɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to huitante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is huitante in French?
huitante appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).