eighty-eight

English

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Cardinal: eighty-eight     Ordinal: eighty-eighth     Abbreviated ordinal: 88th     Adverbial: eighty-eight times     Fractional: eighty-eighth

an eighty-eight butterfly (Diaethria anna) with the characteristic markings on the wings

Pronunciation

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Numeral

eighty-eight

1. Number between eighty-seven and eighty-nine; decimal 88
2. An abbreviation for 'Hugs and kisses' in amateur radio. Used especially in Morse code.

Related terms

• eighty
• eight
• Ordinal: eighty-eighth

Translations

88

• Afrikaans: agt en tagtig
• Albanian: tetëdhjetë e tetë
• Arabic: ثَمَانِيَة وَثَمَانُون (ṯamāniya wa-ṯamānūn)
• Armenian: ութսունութ (utʻsunutʻ)
• Azerbaijani: səksən səkkiz (az)
• Basque: laurogeita zortzi (eu)
• Belarusian: во́семдзесят во́сем (vósjemdzjesjat vósjem)
• Bengali: আটাশি (bn) (aṭaśi)
• Catalan: vuitanta-vuit (ca)

  Valencian: huitanta-huit (ca)

• Cherokee: ᏧᏁᎳᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᎳ (tsunelasgo tsunela)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 八十八 (zh) (bāshíbā)

• Danish: otteogfirs
• Dutch: achtentachtig (nl)
• Esperanto: okdek ok
• Finnish: kahdeksankymmentäkahdeksan
• French: quatre-vingt-huit (fr)
• Galician: oitenta e oito (gl)
• Georgian: ოთხმოცდარვა (otxmocdarva)
• German: achtundachtzig (de)
• Greek: ογδόντα οκτώ (ogdónta októ)
• Hebrew: שמונים־ושמונה (šmoním və-šmoná)
• Hindi: अट्ठासी (hi) (aṭṭhāsī)
• Hungarian: nyolcvannyolc (hu)
• Italian: ottantotto (it)
• Japanese: 八十八 (ja) (hachijūhachi)
• Korean: 여든여덟 (yeodeunyeodeol), 팔십팔(八十八) (palsip'pal)
• Lao: ແປດສິບແປດ (pǣt sip pǣt)
• Latin: duedenonaginta, duodēnōnāgintā
• Malay: lapan puluh lapan
• Malayalam: എൺപത്തെട്ട് (eṇpatteṭṭŭ), എൺപത്തിയെട്ട് (eṇpattiyeṭṭŭ)
• Maltese: tmienja u tmenin
• Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ
  ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ (juwan jakūn)
• Navajo: tseebídiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí
• Norwegian: åttiåtte
• Polish: osiemdziesiąt osiem (pl)
• Portuguese: oitenta e oito (pt)
• Punjabi: ਅਠਾਸੀ (pa) (aṭhāsī)
• Romanian: optzeci și opt
• Russian: во́семьдесят во́семь (ru) (vósemʹdesjat vósemʹ)
• Sanskrit: अष्टाशीति (sa) (aṣṭāśīti)
• Spanish: ochenta y ocho
• Swahili: themanini na nane
• Tagalog: walumpu't walo
• Tok Pisin: etpela ten et
• Turkish: seksen sekiz (tr)
• Ukrainian: вісімдеся́т ві́сім (visimdesját vísim)
• Urdu: اٹھاسی (ur) (aṭṭhāsī)
• Vietnamese: tám mươi tám
• Yup'ik: yuinaat cetaman pingayunlegen

Noun

eighty-eight (plural eighty-eights)

1. (slang) A piano (from the number of keys)
2. A butterfly of the genera Callicore, Perisama, or Diaethria, some of which have a pattern on their wings similar to the digits "88".