noun
Meaning 1
A piano (from the number of keys)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
eighty-eight
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noun
Meaning 2
A butterfly of the genera Callicore, Perisama, or Diaethria, some of which have a pattern on their wings similar to the digits "88".
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num
Meaning 3
Number between eighty-seven and eighty-nine; decimal 88
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num
Meaning 4
An abbreviation for 'Hugs and kisses' in amateur radio. Used especially in Morse code.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
being eight more than eighty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 88, lxxxviii
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: agt en tagtig — 88
- Albanian: tetëdhjetë e tetë — 88
- Arabic: ثَمَانِيَة وَثَمَانُون (ṯamāniya wa-ṯamānūn) — 88
- Armenian: ութսունութ (utʻsunutʻ) — 88
- Azerbaijani: səksən səkkiz — 88
- Basque: laurogeita zortzi — 88
- Belarusian: во́семдзесят во́сем (vósjemdzjesjat vósjem) — 88
- Bengali: আটাশি (aṭaśi) — 88
- Catalan: vuitanta-vuit — 88
- Catalan: huitanta-huit — 88
- Cherokee: ᏧᏁᎳᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᎳ (tsunelasgo tsunela) — 88
- Chinese Mandarin: 八十八 (bāshíbā) — 88
- Danish: otteogfirs — 88
- Dutch: achtentachtig — 88
- Esperanto: okdek ok — 88
- Finnish: kahdeksankymmentäkahdeksan — 88
- French: quatre-vingt-huit — 88
- Galician: oitenta e oito — 88
- Georgian: ოთხმოცდარვა (otxmocdarva) — 88
- German: achtundachtzig — 88
- Greek: ογδόντα οκτώ (ogdónta októ) — 88
- Hebrew: שמונים־ושמונה (šmoním və-šmoná) — 88
- Hindi: अट्ठासी (aṭṭhāsī) — 88
- Hungarian: nyolcvannyolc — 88
- Italian: ottantotto — 88
- Japanese: 八十八 (hachijūhachi) — 88
- Korean: 여든여덟 (yeodeunyeodeol) — 88
- Korean: 팔십팔 (palsip'pal) — 88
- Lao: ແປດສິບແປດ (pǣt sip pǣt) — 88
- Latin: duedenonaginta — 88
- Latin: duodēnōnāgintā — 88
- Malay: lapan puluh lapan — 88
- Malayalam: എൺപത്തെട്ട് (eṇpatteṭṭŭ) — 88
- Malayalam: എൺപത്തിയെട്ട് (eṇpattiyeṭṭŭ) — 88
- Maltese: tmienja u tmenin — 88
- Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ (juwan jakūn) — 88
- Navajo: tseebídiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí — 88
- Norwegian: åttiåtte — 88
- Polish: osiemdziesiąt osiem — 88
- Portuguese: oitenta e oito — 88
- Punjabi: ਅਠਾਸੀ (aṭhāsī) — 88
- Romanian: optzeci și opt — 88
- Russian: во́семьдесят во́семь (vósemʹdesjat vósemʹ) — 88
- Sanskrit: अष्टाशीति (aṣṭāśīti) — 88
- Spanish: ochenta y ocho — 88
- Swahili: themanini na nane — 88
- Tagalog: walumpu't walo — 88
- Tok Pisin: etpela ten et — 88
- Turkish: seksen sekiz — 88
- Ukrainian: вісімдеся́т ві́сім (visimdesját vísim) — 88
- Urdu: اٹھاسی (aṭṭhāsī) — 88
- Vietnamese: tám mươi tám — 88
- Yup'ik: yuinaat cetaman pingayunlegen — 88
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