huiptante

Inherited from Old French uitante, from Latin octāgintā, variant of octōgintā (compare dialectal French huitante). The -p- is from contamination with septante (“seventy”).

• IPA^(key): /ɥip.tɑ̃t/

huiptante (invariable)

1. (Acadia) Alternative form of huitante (“eighty”)

From Old French uitante, from Latin octaginta, variant of octoginta (compare dialectal French huitante).

huiptante

1. (Jersey) eighty

   Synonym: quatre-vîngts