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quatre-vingt-huit

French, number/ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.ɥit/

quatre-vingt-huit is a French number meaning “eighty-eight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does quatre-vingt-huit mean in English?

number

  1. 1

    eighty-eight

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Quatre-vingt-sept plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 88. 2. Quatre-vingt-huitième, 88ᵉ.

noun: 1. Nombre 88, entier naturel après quatre-vingt-sept. 2. Chose portant le numéro 88. 3. Année qui se termine par 88, par exemple 1988.

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 quatre-vingt-huit?

  • /ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.ɥit/
  • \ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.ɥit\

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