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quatre-vingt-six

French, number/ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.sis/

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

What does quatre-vingt-six mean in English?

number

  1. 1

    eighty-six

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Quatre-vingt-cinq plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 86. 2. Quatre-vingt-sixième, 86ᵉ.

noun: 1. Nombre 86, entier naturel après quatre-vingt-cinq. 2. Chose portant le numéro 86. 3. Année qui se termine par 86, par exemple 1986.

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 quatre-vingt-six

  • quatrevingt-six rare

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce quatre-vingt-six?

  • /ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.sis/
  • /ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.si/
  • /ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.siz‿/

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