how to pronounce eighty

/ˈɛɪtiː/

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eighty is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of eighty in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… are family owned nine eighty percent of …”

meanings of eighty

numeral:

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

eighty frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word eighty occurs in english on average 3.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.