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octante

French, number/ɔk.tɑ̃t/

octante is spelled O-C-T-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written French, the 172,049th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Octante is a French number meaning “eighty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does octante mean in English?

number

  1. 1

    eighty

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Quatre-vingts (80), huitante, résultat de la multiplication de 4 par 20.

noun: 1. Quatre-vingts (80), huitante.

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.

How do you pronounce octante?

  • /ɔk.tɑ̃t/
  • \ɔk.tɑ̃t\
  • [ɔk.t̪ɑ̃t̪]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to octante

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is octante in French?

octante appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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