cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
perpendicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɜː.pənˈdɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/
note: r
enpr: pû"pəndĭ'kyələ
ipa: /pɝ.pɛnˈdɪk.ju.lɚ/
ipa: /pɝ.pənˈdɪk.jə.lɚ/
rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more perpendicular
form: most perpendicular
Etymology: Derived from Middle French perpendiculaire, from Old French perpendiculer, from Latin perpendiculum (“plumb line”).
Senses: examples: text: In most houses, the walls are perpendicular to the floor.
text: A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.
ref: 2012 March 23, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: normal
orthogonal
glosses: At or forming a right angle (to something).
glosses: Exactly upright; extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth, etc.
examples: text: Hey, I'm not unsabotaging anything! This is completely perpendicular sabotage!
ref: 2019 May 31, David M. Willis, “Wrangled”, in Dumbing of Age:
glosses: Independent of or irrelevant to each other; orthogonal.
Derived terms: nonperpendicular
perpendicular axis theorem
perpendicular distance
perpendicularity
perpendicularly
perpendicularness
perpendicular pronoun
perpendicular recording
perpendicular universe
quasiperpendicular
slantendicular
subperpendicular
perpendicular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɜː.pənˈdɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/
note: r
enpr: pû"pəndĭ'kyələ
ipa: /pɝ.pɛnˈdɪk.ju.lɚ/
ipa: /pɝ.pənˈdɪk.jə.lɚ/
rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: perpendiculars
Etymology: Derived from Middle French perpendiculaire, from Old French perpendiculer, from Latin perpendiculum (“plumb line”).
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.
glosses: A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.
glosses: A meal eaten at a tavern bar while standing up.
Related terms: english: perp
translation: perp
word: ⟂
polygonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈlɪɡənəl/
Etymology: From polygon + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Various forms of conductors have been invented, such as wooden and iron pipes, of a round, square, and polygonal section; but at present, scarcely any other than sheet or cast iron pipes are employed.
ref: 1851, Frederick Overman, “Blast Pipes”, in The Manufacture of Iron, in All its Various Branches. […] , 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Henry C. Baird, page 413:
glosses: Having many angles; hence characteristic of a polygon.
examples: text: The old path paved with polygonal masonry.
ref: 1906, James George Frazer, Attis, Otis, Osiris, page 154:
glosses: Comprised of polygons.
Derived terms: interpolygonal
nonpolygonal
polygonal fort
polygonality
polygonally
polygonal mesh
polygonal numbers
subpolygonal
polygon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒlɪɡən/
ipa: /ˈpɒliːˌɡɒn/
enpr: pälʹē-gän
ipa: /ˈpɑliˌɡɑn/
rhymes: -ɒlɪɡən
rhymes: -ɒliːɡɒn
Forms: form: polygons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”), equivalent to poly- + -gon.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The boundary of such a figure.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A figure comprising vertices and (not necessarily straight) edges, alternatingly.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Such a figure and its interior, taken as a whole.
Synonyms: word: polygon
Hypernyms: word: knot
word: polytope
Hyponyms: word: square
word: rectangle
word: rhombus
word: parallelogram
word: trapezoid
word: star polygon
word: monogon
word: digon
word: triangle
word: quadrilateral
word: pentagon
word: hexagon
word: heptagon
word: octagon
word: nonagon
word: decagon
word: undecagon
word: hendecagon
word: dodecagon
word: tridecagon
word: tetradecagon
word: quindecagon
word: pentadecagon
word: hexadecagon
word: heptadecagon
word: octadecagon
word: enneadecagon
word: icosagon
word: icosihenagon
word: icosikaidigon
word: icosidigon
word: icositrigon
word: icositetragon
word: icosipentagon
word: triacontagon
word: triacontadigon
word: triacontatetragon
word: triacontakaitetragon
word: tetracontagon
word: tetracontadigon
word: tetracontakaihexagon
word: pentacontagon
word: hexacontagon
word: heptacontagon
word: octacontagon
word: enneacontagon
word: enneacontahexagon
word: hectogon
word: dihectagon
word: chiliagon
word: myriagon
word: megagon
word: googolgon
Meronyms: word: edge
word: vertex
Derived terms: cumulative frequency polygon
frequency polygon
funicular polygon
interpolygon
love polygon
micropolygon
Moufang polygon
multipolygon
polyfill
polygonar
polygonate
polygonation
polygon-circle graph
polygonization
polygonize
polygon mesh
polygon of forces
polygonometry
polygonoscope
polygonous
polygon soup
regular polygon
Reuleaux polygon
spheropolygon
star polygon
subpolygon
Related terms: word: polygonal
word: polygonality
word: polygonhood
word: polygonness
word: polyhedron
word: equilateral
word: equiangular
word: regular
word: isosceles
word: number
word: :Category:Shapes
rational
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ră'sh(ə)nəl
ipa: /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/
rhymes: -æʃənəl
Forms: form: rationals
form: rationall
Etymology: From Old French rationel, rational, from Latin rationalis (“of or belonging to reason, rational, reasonable; having a ratio”), from ratio (“reason; calculation”).
Senses: examples: text: The quotient of two rationals is again a rational.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.
rational
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ră'sh(ə)nəl
ipa: /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/
rhymes: -æʃənəl
Forms: form: rationals
form: rationall
Etymology: From Old French rational, from Medieval Latin rationale (“a pontifical stole, a pallium, an ornament worn over the chasuble”), neuter of Latin rationalis (“rational”), for which see the first etymology. Translation of λογεῖον (logeîon) or perhaps λόγιον (lógion, “oracle”) in the Septuagint version of Exodus 28.
Senses: examples: text: The Rationale of iudgement alſo thou shalt mke with embrodered worke of diuers colours, according to the workmanship of the Ephod of gold, hyacinth, and purple, and ſcarlet twiſe died, and twiſted ſilke.
ref: 1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Exodvs 28:15, page 234:
glosses: The breastplate worn by Israelite high priests.
square
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: skwâr
ipa: /skwɛə/
ipa: /skwɛː/
ipa: /skweɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
enpr: skwûr
ipa: /skwɜː(ɹ)/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /skwɛɹ/
ipa: [skwɛ˞]
ipa: /skwɛəɹ/
ipa: /skweː/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
enpr: skwîr
ipa: /skwiə̯/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /skweə̯/
note: Indic
ipa: /skweːɾ/
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /-æː/
ipa: /skwaja(ɾ)/
ipa: /sk(w)oja(ɾ)/
Forms: form: more square
form: most square
Etymology: From Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, (modern French équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin ex- + quadro, from quadrus (compare English quad and quadra). Doublet of squad and squadra.
Displaced Old English fēowerecge (fēower nominative + ecg accusative, as in "four-edged").
Senses: examples: text: Staash tipped up the rim of his hat and looked me square in the eyes as the cigarette dangled from his lips.
ref: 2012, Allan A. Zarbock, Nobody, page 211:
glosses: Directly.
trapezoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/
ipa: /trəˈpiːzɔɪd/
enpr: tră'pəzoid
ipa: /ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/
Forms: form: trapezoids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”) + -oid (“resembling”).
Senses: examples: text: There was a trapezoid of light on his shoulder, some bright fragment torn from a greater plane.
ref: 2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 178:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: trapezium
glosses: A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: irregular quadrilateral
trapezium
glosses: A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The trapezoid bone of the wrist.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: The marked trapezoidal area immediately behind the goal line and the goal itself within which the goaltender may touch the puck.
Derived terms: Ames trapezoid
isosceles trapezoid
right trapezoid
trapezoidal
trapezoid rule
quine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Etymology: PIE word
 *pénkʷe
Learned borrowing from Latin quīnī (“five at a time; five together”), a plural form of quīnus (“five at a time; five each”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five; hand”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: quatern
tern
glosses: Of leaves: arranged in whorls of five.
Related terms: quinary
quinate
qubit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːbɪt/
enpr: kyo͞o'bĭt
ipa: /ˈkjubɪt/
rhymes: -uːbɪt
homophone: cubit
Forms: form: qubits
form: qbit
Etymology: Blend of quantum + bit, a play on cubit (“historical unit of length”). Coined by American physicist Benjamin Schumacher in 1995.
Senses: examples: text: Quantum computing, on the other hand, is based on quantum bits, or qubits.
ref: 2006 March 25, NewScientist, page 42/2:
text: Each extra qubit in a quantum machine doubles the number of simultaneous operations it can perform.
ref: 2012 February 25, ‘An uncertain future’, The Economist:
text: Google’s Sycamore computer has all of 53 qubits to its name, as does a new IBM computer, installed online at the company’s Quantum Computation Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. System One, IBM’s black cube from tomorrow, only has 20 qubits.
ref: 2019 October 21, Dennis Overbye, “Quantum Computing Is Coming, Bit by Qubit”, in New York Times:
text: By harnessing that odd behavior, scientists can instead build a quantum bit, or qubit, which stores a combination of 1 and 0. Two qubits can hold four values at once. And as the number of qubits grows, a quantum computer becomes exponentially more powerful.
ref: 2019 October 23, Cade Metz, “Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Computing”, in New York Times:
synonyms: qbit
quantum bit
coordinate_terms: bit
qualifier: quantum computing
glosses: A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition; A binary qudit.
Hypernyms: qudit
Derived terms: multiqubit
squbit
sub-qubit
triqubit
Related terms: qumix
quregister
qutrit
ququart
qudit
nat
ban
hemisphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛmɪsfɪə/
enpr: hĕm'ĭsfîr
ipa: /ˈhɛmɪsfɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈhemɪsfɪə/
Forms: form: hemispheres
form: hemisphære
Etymology: From Latin hemisphaerium, from Ancient Greek ἡμισφαίριον (hēmisphaírion), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”). Equivalent to hemi- + sphere. Displaced native Old English healftrendel (literally “half-sphere”).
Senses: topics: astrology
astronomy
human-sciences
mysticism
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Half of the celestial sphere, as divided by either the ecliptic or the celestial equator .
examples: text: Love is the Columbus of our moral world, and opens, at some period or other, a new hemisphere to our view.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 91–92:
glosses: A realm or domain of activity .
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. .
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any half-sphere, formed by a plane intersecting the center of a sphere. .
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A map or projection of a celestial or terrestrial hemisphere .
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Either of the two halves of the cerebrum. .
Synonyms: sense: astronomy: half of the celestial sphere
word: celestial hemisphere
sense: geography: half of the terrestrial sphere
word: terrestrial hemisphere
sense: figuratively: a domain of thought or action
word: sphere
sense: geometry: half of a sphere
word: half-sphere
word: half sphere
sense: anatomy: either of the two lobes of the cerebellum
word: cerebral hemisphere
sense: cartography: a map showing a projection of a hemisphere
word: planisphere
Derived terms: Eastern Hemisphere
eastern hemisphere
Hemisphere
hemispherectomy
hemisphered
hemispherian
Hemispherian
Hemispheric
hemispheric
hemispherical
hemispherically
hemispheroid
hemispheroidal
hemispheroidally
hemispherotomy
interhemisphere
Land Hemisphere
Magdeburg hemisphere
microhemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
northern hemisphere
semihemisphere
southern hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Water Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
western hemisphere
Related terms: demisphere
hemi-
semisphere
sphere
dome
quaff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɒf/
ipa: /kwɑf/
ipa: /kwɔf/
ipa: /kwæf/
ipa: /kwɑːf/
rhymes: -ɒf
homophone: coif stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: quaffs
form: quaffing
form: quaffed
form: quaffed
Etymology: Uncertain. Suggestions include connection with Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup”) (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: I can't believe you quaffed four pints of beer and could still drive!
text: Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, / And quaff carouses to our mistress' health
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
Quaff immortality and joy […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: Sometimes the memory of her peaceful life at Florence obtruded itself upon her, and more than that, her charitable occupations when she attended the sick in that city, and whence, as from a rough-hewn chalice containing nectarian drink, she had quaffed happiness.
ref: 1823, Mary Shelley, Valperga:
text: Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!
ref: 1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC:
text: Even while quaffing the third draught of the Fountain of Youth, they were almost awed by the expression of his mysterious visage.
ref: 1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment:
text: Bannon was padding around the room in a black blazer over two collared shirts, quaffing a can of Pocari Sweat, a popular Japanese energy drink.
ref: 2017 December 21, Gabriel Sherman, ““I Have Power”: Is Steve Bannon Running for President?”, in Vanity Fair:
text: If you're of a mind, the work can be observed while quaffing a pint in the Rat Race pub in the old station buildings on the existing platform.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74:
glosses: To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
quaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɒf/
ipa: /kwɑf/
ipa: /kwɔf/
ipa: /kwæf/
ipa: /kwɑːf/
rhymes: -ɒf
homophone: coif stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: quaffs
Etymology: Uncertain. Suggestions include connection with Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup”) (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: glosses: The act of quaffing; a deep draught.
Synonyms: chug
gulp
swig
quaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɒf/
ipa: /kwɑf/
ipa: /kwɔf/
ipa: /kwæf/
ipa: /kwɑːf/
rhymes: -ɒf
homophone: coif stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Senses: examples: text: There were loverbird songs and loverbird trinkets, loverbird hats and pins, bangles and baubles, coins and quaffs and tidbits.
ref: 1953 July, Theodore Sturgeon, “The World Well Lost”, in Universe Science Fiction, number 1, page 16; reprinted as “The World Well Lost”, in Thomas N. Scortia, editor, Strange Bedfellows: Sex and Science Fiction, New York: Random House, Inc, 1972, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 56:
text: I'm actually gonna miss @sreizis and seeing him and his perfectly groomed quaff everyday in every class.
ref: 2013 June 19, Sarah Romanowski, “status update”, in Twitter:
text: The Miley Cyrus new hair photos reveal the former Hannah Montana star sporting a bowl cut of sorts that isn’t receiving all good news at this point. Cyrus revealed her new quaff this Tuesday with friends while relaxing outside a local Los Angeles recording studio.
ref: 2014 January 19, Ryan Arciero, “Miley Cyrus new hair: Bowl cut a fresh style for singer, mixed reactions so far”, in Examiner.com:
glosses: Misspelling of coif.
irrational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭră'sh(ə)nəl
ipa: /ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/
rhymes: -æʃənəl
Forms: form: more irrational
form: most irrational
Etymology: From Latin irratiōnālis, from ir- + ratiōnālis.
Senses: examples: text: an irrational decision
text: July 18, 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/
Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
glosses: Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed.
examples: text: The number π is irrational.
topics: arithmetic
mathematics
number-theory
sciences
antonyms: rational
glosses: Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.
Derived terms: irrationalism
irrationalist
irrationalistic
irrationality
irrationalization
irrationalize
irrationally
irrationalness
irrational number
nonirrational
irrational
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭră'sh(ə)nəl
ipa: /ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/
rhymes: -æʃənəl
Forms: form: irrationals
Etymology: From Latin irratiōnālis, from ir- + ratiōnālis.
Senses: examples: text: The square root of 2, which was the first irrational to be discovered, was known to the early Pythagoreans, and ingenious methods of approximating to its value were discovered.
ref: 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.24:
glosses: A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.
fifteen
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭf'tēn
ipa: /ˈfɪf.tiːn/
enpr: fĭf-tēn'
ipa: /fɪfˈtiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: fifteenth
form: fiveteen
form: fifteene
Etymology: PIE word
 *pénkʷe
From Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftīene, fīftēne, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Cognate with West Frisian fyftjin, Dutch vijftien, German fünfzehn, Danish femten. Equivalent to five + -teen.
Senses: examples: text: The fifteen men are, of course, the fifteen allies and the dead man's chest is the strategic principle on which their alliance is founded and which is now moribund.
ref: 1960 December 17, C.I. Sulzberger, “Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest”, in The New York Times:
text: She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squawkings than she was.
ref: 1968, Christopher Hodder-Williams, “Hands”, in Fistful of Digits, London: Coronet Books, published 1972, →ISBN, page 125:
glosses: The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
Synonyms: word: XV
word: 15
Coordinate terms: sense: Previous
word: fourteen
sense: Next
word: sixteen
Derived terms: 15 minutes
15 minutes of fame
fifteen and two
fifteener
fifteen hundred
fifteenish
fifteen-minute city
fifteenness
fifteenpence
fifteenpenny
freshman fifteen
make a dollar out of fifteen cents
sweet fifteen
Related terms: sense: 15 times
word: quindecuple
sense: 15-line
word: quindecuplet
sense: 15-man
word: quindecemvir
sense: 15-year
word: quindecennial
sense: 15-sided shape
word: quindecagon
fifteen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭf'tēn
ipa: /ˈfɪf.tiːn/
enpr: fĭf-tēn'
ipa: /fɪfˈtiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: fifteens
form: fiveteen
form: fifteene
Etymology: PIE word
 *pénkʷe
From Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftīene, fīftēne, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Cognate with West Frisian fyftjin, Dutch vijftien, German fünfzehn, Danish femten. Equivalent to five + -teen.
Senses: glosses: An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.
Related terms: fifteens
seventeen
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛv.ən.tiːn/
ipa: /ˌsɛv.ənˈtiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: 17
form: XVII
form: zewnteen
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīene, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Cognate with Dutch zeventien, West Frisian santjin, German siebzehn, Danish sytten.
Equivalent to seven + -teen
Senses: examples: text: [T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd.
ref: 1631 (first performance), Philip Massinger, The Emperour of the East. A Tragæ-comœdie. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, published 1632, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii:
glosses: The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
Derived terms: word: seventeenth
word: seventeenth
word: seventeen-year locust
word: sweet seventeen
Related terms: Last: sixteen. Next: eighteen
sixteen
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪks.tiːn/
ipa: /ˌsɪksˈtiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: 16
form: XVI
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sextene, sixtene, from Old English sixtīene, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Cognate with West Frisian sechstjin, Dutch zestien, German sechzehn, Danish seksten. Equivalent to six + -teen.
Senses: examples: text: Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
ref: 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
text: They'd spent one evening together sixteen months ago, and Falk was acutely aware that he'd probably airbrushed and edited at least some of it without meaning to.
ref: 2022, Jane Harper, Exiles, page 287:
glosses: The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
Derived terms: last sixteen
round of sixteen
sixteen hundred
sixteen penny nail
sixteen-penny nail
sweet sixteen
Related terms: word: sixteenth
word: Last: fifteen. Next: seventeen
nineteen
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪntiːn/
enpr: nīnʹtēn'
ipa: /ˈnaɪnˌtin/
ipa: /naɪnˈtiːn/
enpr: nīn'tēnʹ
ipa: /ˌnaɪnˈtin/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: 19
form: XIX
Etymology: From Middle English nynetene, nintene, from Old English niġontīene, niġontēne, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Cognate with Dutch negentien, Low German negenteihn, Hunsrik neinzen, German neunzehn, Danish nitten.
Equivalent to nine + -teen
Senses: examples: text: She says groovy like it's nineteen sixty-nine.
ref: 1997, Swan Dive, “Groovy Tuesday” (track 1), in Wintergreen, performed by Swan Dive:
glosses: The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
Derived terms: word: nineteenth
word: nineteen-fifties
word: nineteenfold
word: nineteen hand
word: nineteen hundred
word: nineteen hundreds
word: nineteenish
word: nineteenness
word: nineteenpence
word: nineteen to the dozen
Related terms: sense: adj. of the number 19 or a 19-year period
word: decennoval
word: Last: eighteen. Next: twenty
twenty
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɛnti/
enpr: twĕnʹtē
ipa: /ˈtwɛnti/
note: in fast speech
ipa: /ˈtwɛni/
note: parts of the US and Canada
ipa: /ˈtwʌn(t)i/
note: parts of the US and Canada
ipa: /ˈtwʊn(t)i/
ipa: /ˈtweɪnti/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈʈwɛɳʈi/
note: backing after W, colloquial, mainly South India
ipa: /ˈʈ(w)ɵɳʈi/
rhymes: -ɛnti
rhymes: -ʌnti
Forms: form: 20
form: XX
Etymology: From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tens”), from Proto-Germanic *twaintigiwiz, *twai tigiwiz, an old compound of *twain- (“two”) + *-tigaz (“group of ten”), equivalent to two + -ty, or twain + -ty. Cognate with Scots twenty, tuenty (“twenty”), West Frisian tweintich (“twenty”), Dutch twintig (“twenty”), German zwanzig (“twenty”), Danish tyve.
Senses: synonyms: onescore
glosses: The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
Derived terms: five-and-twenty
five-twenties
four and twenty
four-and-twenty
four twenty
four-twenty
I am twenty years old
I'm twenty years old
ten will get you twenty
twenties
twentieth
twenty bucks is twenty bucks
twenty dollars is twenty dollars
twenty-five/eight
twenty-five-eight
twenty-five-thousander
twentyfold
twenty-foot equivalent unit
twenty-four hour day
twenty-minute egg
twenty-nail dystrophy
twenty questions
twenty-some
twenty-something
twenty-three hundred
twenty to the dozen
twenty-twenty
twenty-twenty hindsight
twenty-two hundred
twenty whole dollars
twenty winks
twenty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɛnti/
enpr: twĕnʹtē
ipa: /ˈtwɛnti/
note: in fast speech
ipa: /ˈtwɛni/
note: parts of the US and Canada
ipa: /ˈtwʌn(t)i/
note: parts of the US and Canada
ipa: /ˈtwʊn(t)i/
ipa: /ˈtweɪnti/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈʈwɛɳʈi/
note: backing after W, colloquial, mainly South India
ipa: /ˈʈ(w)ɵɳʈi/
rhymes: -ɛnti
rhymes: -ʌnti
Forms: form: twenties
form: 20
form: XX
Etymology: From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tens”), from Proto-Germanic *twaintigiwiz, *twai tigiwiz, an old compound of *twain- (“two”) + *-tigaz (“group of ten”), equivalent to two + -ty, or twain + -ty. Cognate with Scots twenty, tuenty (“twenty”), West Frisian tweintich (“twenty”), Dutch twintig (“twenty”), German zwanzig (“twenty”), Danish tyve.
Senses: examples: text: She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?
glosses: The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
examples: text: The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
text: The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.
ref: 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A banknote with a denomination of 20.
examples: text: What’s your twenty, good buddy?
text: What's your twenty?
 Where's your brain?
 Checking in to check you out
 Concerned about your whereabouts
ref: 2012, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, 0:54 from the start, in Settle Down (music video), No Doubt (actor), Vevo:
qualifier: CB slang
glosses: 10-20 (location).
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An old English division of infantry.
twenty one
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of twenty-one.
twenty two
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number occurring after twenty one and before twenty three, represented in Roman numerals as XXII and in Arabic numerals as 22. Ordinal: twenty-second.
twenty four
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of twenty-four.
thirty
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɜːti/
enpr: thŭr′tē
ipa: /ˈθɝti/
ipa: [ˈθɝɾi]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: threety
form: thirtie
form: 30
form: XXX
Etymology: From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thriti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þrītiġ (“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz (“thirty”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three + -ty. Cognate with Scots therty, tretty (“thirty”), West Frisian tritich (“thirty”), Dutch dertig (“thirty”), German dreißig (“thirty”).
Senses: examples: text: To conclude, here in tabular form is a summary of our ratings of espressos produced from thirty pod, capsule and disc blends.
ref: 2009 January 19, Kenneth Davids, “Convenience First: Espresso Pods and Capsules”, in Coffee Review, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2025:
synonyms: triacontad
glosses: The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
Derived terms: oh dark thirty
seven-thirty
thirtieth
thirtyfold
thirtyish
thirty pieces of silver
thirtysomething
thirty-twomo
Related terms: word: trigesimal
sense: adjectival form
word: tricenary
sense: around 30
word: thirtyish
sense: containing 30 of something
word: trigesimal
sense: a 30-year-old person
word: tricenarian
sense: a 30-year-old person
word: thirtysomething
sense: every 30 years
word: tricennial
sense: every 30 years
word: trigintennial
sense: 30-sided figure
word: triacontahedron
sense: 30-sided figure
word: triacontagon
sense: 30-sided
word: triacontahedral
thirty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɜːti/
enpr: thŭr′tē
ipa: /ˈθɝti/
ipa: [ˈθɝɾi]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: thirties
form: threety
form: thirtie
form: 30
form: XXX
Etymology: From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thriti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þrītiġ (“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz (“thirty”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three + -ty. Cognate with Scots therty, tretty (“thirty”), West Frisian tritich (“thirty”), Dutch dertig (“thirty”), German dreißig (“thirty”).
Senses: glosses: A rack of thirty beers.
examples: text: […] instead of thirties [thirty-second commercials], they buy sixties, which cost twice as much. They spend more on filming it than they need to; they buy a lot of ads that are garbage and don't really say anything, just to fill up the space.
ref: 2014, Jules Witcover, No Way to Pick a President:
topics: broadcasting
media
coordinate_terms: sixty
glosses: A commercial lasting 30 seconds.
forty
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: note: UK, General Australian, New Zealand, horse–hoarse merger
enpr: fô'tē
ipa: /ˈfɔːti/
note: UK, General Australian, New Zealand, horse–hoarse merger
enpr: fôr'tē
ipa: /ˈfɔɹti/
ipa: [ˈfɔɹɾi]
note: St. Louis
ipa: [ˈfɑɹɾij]
note: Indic
ipa: /fɒ(ɾ)tiː/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: fourty
Etymology: From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”).
Senses: examples: text: 'Tis forty years this very day,
 Since you and I, old girl, were married.
ref: 1825, unknown, Harrison's Amusing Picture and Poetry Book, page 35:
synonyms: twoscore
glosses: The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
Derived terms: back forty
forty-eighter
forty-foot equivalent unit
fortyish
forty-leven
Forty Mile
fortypenny
forty-rod
forty-second cousin
fortysomething
forty-something
forty-spot
forty weepy weepy
pianny-forty
pianny forty
plough the back forty
roaring forties
top forty
two-forty
two-forty on a plank road
Related terms: home forty
forty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: UK, General Australian, New Zealand, horse–hoarse merger
enpr: fô'tē
ipa: /ˈfɔːti/
note: UK, General Australian, New Zealand, horse–hoarse merger
enpr: fôr'tē
ipa: /ˈfɔɹti/
ipa: [ˈfɔɹɾi]
note: St. Louis
ipa: [ˈfɑɹɾij]
note: Indic
ipa: /fɒ(ɾ)tiː/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: forties
form: fourty
Etymology: From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”).
Senses: examples: text: It's on, wrap my lips around the forty / And when it comes to getting another stogie […] Grab your forty, let's get keyed
ref: 1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz:
glosses: A bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun forty
word: Forties
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun forty
word: forty minutes of hell
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun forty
word: Forty Thieves
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun forty
word: forty winks
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun forty
word: north forty
forty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: UK, General Australian, New Zealand, horse–hoarse merger
enpr: fô'tē
ipa: /ˈfɔːti/
note: UK, General Australian, New Zealand, horse–hoarse merger
enpr: fôr'tē
ipa: /ˈfɔɹti/
ipa: [ˈfɔɹɾi]
note: St. Louis
ipa: [ˈfɑɹɾij]
note: Indic
ipa: /fɒ(ɾ)tiː/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: more forty
form: most forty
form: fourty
Etymology: From fort + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a fort.
fifty
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭf'tē
ipa: /ˈfɪfti/
rhymes: -ɪfti
Forms: form: fiftie
form: fitty
form: fiddy
Etymology: PIE word
 *pénkʷe
From Middle English fifty, from Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz (“five tens”). By surface analysis, five + -ty.
Senses: examples: text: Accounts with between fifty thousand and two hundred thousand followers are considered “microinfluencers,” and tend to have higher engagement rates—that is, a larger share of their followers like, favorite, or comment on their posts—than those with millions of followers.
ref: 2017 April 17, Rachel Monroe, “#Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2017:
glosses: The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
Synonyms: word: 50
word: L
word: fivety
Derived terms: 50 cent army
50-gon
buck fifty
fifties
fiftieth
fiftiethly
fifty-cent tour
fifty-fifty
fiftyfold
fiftyish
fifty-leven
fifty-move rule
fiftysomething
fifty-state strategy
furious fifties
keep it a buck fifty
Related terms: sense: Last
word: forty-nine
sense: Last
word: forty
sense: Next
word: fifty-one
sense: Next
word: sixty
fifty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭf'tē
ipa: /ˈfɪfti/
rhymes: -ɪfti
Forms: form: fifties
form: fiftie
form: fitty
form: fiddy
Etymology: PIE word
 *pénkʷe
From Middle English fifty, from Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz (“five tens”). By surface analysis, five + -ty.
Senses: examples: text: Do you want small bills or are fifties OK?
text: ‘If you shoot him I’ll give you fifty pounds.’
‘All right!’ The driver laughed. ‘I’ll do my best to earn that fifty!’
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
glosses: A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs.
pi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: pie
Forms: form: pis
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pe. Its mathematical use apparently stems from its use as the first letter in περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “periphery; circumference”) and was first cited in 1706 in the Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos by William Jones.
Senses: glosses: The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π.
Synonyms: sense: irrational constant
word: Archimedes' constant
sense: irrational constant
word: Ludolphian number
sense: irrational constant
word: Ludolph's constant
sense: irrational constant
word: Ludolph's number
Derived terms: pi bond
piem
pi font
pi-heptomino
pilish
pi meson
pi-minus
pion
piphilology
pi-plus
pi-system
pith
pi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: pie
Forms: form: pis
Etymology: Unclear. Possibly from the Greek letter (see Etymology 1) as a common example of non-alphabetic character, possibly from pica (“type size”) (see Etymology 3), possibly from pie referring to its mixed nature or pied (“checkered, multicoloured”).
Senses: topics: letterpress-typography
media
publishing
typography
related: word: pie
glosses: Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered.
pi
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: pie
Forms: form: pies
form: piing
form: pied
form: pied
Etymology: Unclear. Possibly from the Greek letter (see Etymology 1) as a common example of non-alphabetic character, possibly from pica (“type size”) (see Etymology 3), possibly from pie referring to its mixed nature or pied (“checkered, multicoloured”).
Senses: topics: letterpress-typography
media
publishing
typography
related: word: pie
glosses: To spill or mix printing type.
pi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: pie
Etymology: Unclear. Possibly from the Greek letter (see Etymology 1) as a common example of non-alphabetic character, possibly from pica (“type size”) (see Etymology 3), possibly from pie referring to its mixed nature or pied (“checkered, multicoloured”).
Senses: examples: text: In computing, pi characters may be entered with special key combinations.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.
pi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: pie
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch).
glosses: Piaster.
pi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: pie
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: Our Major was "Cherub" Cheeseman, noted for his foul language. I am afraid he lost a tidy little legacy that he was expecting from his aunt, the Dowager Lady Shuttlecock (a very "pi" old lady), through this same habit of his.
ref: 1927, Magdalen King-Hall, I Think I Remember: Being the Random Recollections of Sir Wickham Woolicomb, an Ordinary English Snob and Gentleman:
text: “Those are very 'pi' sentiments. Was a preacher in Staffordshire— I was raised chapel, though've tried to forget it—he talked that way... redemption and the lot.”
ref: 1972, Anya Seton, Green Darkness, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: In Sense and Sensibility, as even you might agree, there's at least the danger of a rather pi moral framework clamping down on the spontaneous fun and leaving the sisters to survive - a bit drearily - on the periphery of a mean world.
ref: 1994, Roger Gard, Jane Austen's Novels: The Art of Clarity, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: Pious.
Derived terms: pi-jaw
Related terms: word: cicero
word: pica stick
english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: pi sai
sixty
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪksti/
enpr: sĭksʹtē
ipa: /ˈsɪksti/
rhymes: -ɪkstɪ
rhymes: -ɪksti
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (“sixty”), equivalent to six + -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (“sixty”), Saterland Frisian säkstich (“sixty”), West Frisian sechstich (“sixty”), Dutch zestig (“sixty”), German Low German sesstig (“sixty”), German sechzig (“sixty”), Swedish sextio (“sixty”), Norwegian seksti (“sixty”), Icelandic sextíu (“sixty”). Compare also Sanskrit षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi).
Senses: examples: text: […]the remaining three hundred and sixty words were then vetted with a battery of references. Six potential Mountweazels emerged.
ref: 2005 August 21, Henry Alford, “Not a Word”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2017:
synonyms: threescore
glosses: The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
Derived terms: like sixty
north of sixty
screaming sixties
shrieking sixties
sixty cycle hum
sixty-eighter
sixty-four dollar question
sixty-fourmo
sixty-four thousand dollar question
sixty-something
star sixty-nine
Related terms: sense: Previous
word: fifty-nine
sense: Previous
word: fifty
sense: Next
word: sixty-one
sense: Next
word: seventy
word: sexagesimal
sixty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪksti/
enpr: sĭksʹtē
ipa: /ˈsɪksti/
rhymes: -ɪkstɪ
rhymes: -ɪksti
Forms: form: sixties
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (“sixty”), equivalent to six + -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (“sixty”), Saterland Frisian säkstich (“sixty”), West Frisian sechstich (“sixty”), Dutch zestig (“sixty”), German Low German sesstig (“sixty”), German sechzig (“sixty”), Swedish sextio (“sixty”), Norwegian seksti (“sixty”), Icelandic sextíu (“sixty”). Compare also Sanskrit षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi).
Senses: examples: text: […] instead of thirties [thirty-second commercials], they buy sixties, which cost twice as much. They spend more on filming it than they need to; they buy a lot of ads that are garbage and don't really say anything, just to fill up the space.
ref: 2014, Jules Witcover, No Way to Pick a President:
topics: broadcasting
media
coordinate_terms: thirty
glosses: A commercial lasting 60 seconds.
seventy
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛv.ən.ti/
ipa: /ˈsɛv.ən.di/
Etymology: From Middle English seventy, sevynty, from Old English hundseofontiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntēhundą (“seventy”), equivalent to seven + -ty. Cognate with Scots seiventy (“seventy”), Saterland Frisian soogentich (“seventy”), West Frisian santich (“seventy”), Dutch zeventig (“seventy”), German Low German söventig (“seventy”), German siebzig (“seventy”), Swedish sjuttio (“seventy”), Norwegian sytti (“seventy”), Icelandic sjötíu (“seventy”).
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.
Synonyms: word: 70
word: LXX
Related terms: sense: Last
word: sixty-nine
sense: Last
word: sixty
sense: Next
word: seventy-one
sense: Next
word: eighty
eighty
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: enpr: āʹti
ipa: /ˈeɪ.ti/
ipa: [ˈ(ʔ)eɪ̯ɾi]
rhymes: -eɪti
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English eiȝti, eyȝty, eiȝtety, aghty, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą (“eighty”), equivalent to eight + -ty. Cognate with Scots hechty, auchty (“eighty”), Saterland Frisian tachentich (“eighty”), West Frisian tachtich (“eighty”), Dutch tachtig (“eighty”), Low German tachentig (“eighty”), German achtzig (“eighty”), Swedish åttio (“eighty”), Norwegian åtti (“eighty”), Icelandic áttatíu (“eighty”).
Senses: examples: text: Merryday, who was appointed by President Geroge^([sic]) H. W. Bush, said the complaint contains eighty pages of repetitive claims and praise for President Trump, but fails to establish the two counts of defamation alleged.
ref: 2025 September 19, Peter Charalambous, “Judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation suit against New York Times, Penguin Random House”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025:
synonyms: fourscore
glosses: The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.
Derived terms: eightyish
eightysomething
one eighty out
Related terms: word: eight
word: eighteen
word: eightieth
word: 80
word: LXXX
word: 捌拾
word: 八十
word: ٨٠
word: ༨༠
word: ८०
word: ૮૦
word: ੮੦
word: ৮০
word: 𑄾𑄶
word: ୮୦
word: ౮౦
word: ೮೦
word: ൮൦
word: ௮௰
word: ៨០
word: ๘๐
word: ໘໐
word: ၈၀
word: ፰፲
word: ᠘᠐
word: ᥎᥆
sense: Last
word: seventy-nine
sense: Last
word: seventy
sense: Next
word: eighty-one
sense: Next
word: ninety
ninety
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪn.ti/
ipa: /ˈnaɪn.di/
ipa: /ˈnaɪn.ti/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈno̞ɪn.ti/
rhymes: -aɪnti
rhymes: -aɪndi
Etymology: From Middle English nynty, nynety, from Old English hundniġontiġ, from Proto-Germanic *newuntēhundą (“ninety”), equivalent to nine + -ty. Cognate with Scots nynty, nynety (“ninety”), Saterland Frisian njuugentich (“ninety”), West Frisian njoggentich (“ninety”), Dutch negentig (“ninety”), German Low German negentig (“ninety”), German neunzig (“ninety”), Swedish nittio (“ninety”), Norwegian Bokmål nitti (“ninety”), Norwegian Nynorsk nitti (“ninety”), Icelandic níutíu (“ninety”).
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.
Synonyms: word: 90
word: XC
Derived terms: ninety days
ninety-day wonder
ninety-eight
ninety-eighth
ninetyfold
ninetyish
ninety-ninety rule
ninetyodd
ninety-oneth
ninetysomething
Related terms: word: nine
word: nineteen
word: ninetieth
sense: Last
word: eighty-nine
sense: Last
word: eighty
sense: Next
word: ninety-one
sense: Next
word: hundred