eighty-six

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From eighty + six.

Unknown for certain. Possibly rhyming slang for nix (“cancel, say no to”) (given by the OED), or possibly part of a code of such numbers created in the 1920s. See also: Wikipedia:86 (term) and 86.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سِتَّة وَثَمَانُون (sitta wa-ṯamānūn) — cardinal number 86
• Armenian: ութսունվեց (utʻsunvecʻ) — cardinal number 86
• Azerbaijani: səksən altı — cardinal number 86
• Basque: laurogeita sei — cardinal number 86
• Belarusian: во́семдзесят шэсць (vósjemdzjesjat šescʹ) — cardinal number 86
• Bengali: ছিয়াশি (chiẏaśi) — cardinal number 86
• Catalan: vuitanta-sis — cardinal number 86
• Catalan: huitanta-sis — cardinal number 86
• Cherokee: ᏧᏁᎳᏍᎪ ᏑᏓᎵ (tsunelasgo sudali) — cardinal number 86
• Dutch: zesentachtig — cardinal number 86
• Esperanto: okdek ses — cardinal number 86
• Finnish: kahdeksankymmentäkuusi — cardinal number 86
• French: quatre-vingt-six — cardinal number 86
• Galician: oitenta e seis — cardinal number 86
• Georgian: ოთხმოცდაექვსი (otxmocdaekvsi) — cardinal number 86
• German: sechsundachtzig — cardinal number 86
• Greek: ογδόντα έξ (ogdónta éx) — cardinal number 86
• Hebrew: שמנים־וששה (šmoním və-šišá) — cardinal number 86
• Hindi: छियासी (chiyāsī) — cardinal number 86
• Hungarian: nyolcvanhat — cardinal number 86
• Italian: ottantasei — cardinal number 86
• Japanese: 八十六 (hachijūroku) — cardinal number 86
• Korean: 여든여섯 (yeodeunyeoseot) — cardinal number 86
• Korean: 팔십육 (palsibyuk) — cardinal number 86
• Lao: ແປດສິບຫົກ (pǣt sip hok) — cardinal number 86
• Latin: octoginta sex — cardinal number 86
• Malay: lapan puluh enam — cardinal number 86
• Malayalam: എൺപത്താറ് (eṇpattāṟŭ) — cardinal number 86
• Malayalam: എൺപത്തിയാറ് (eṇpattiyāṟŭ) — cardinal number 86
• Manchu: ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨᠵᡠ ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡠᠨ (jakūnju ninggun) — cardinal number 86
• Navajo: tseebídiin dóó baʼąą hastą́ą́ — cardinal number 86
• Polish: osiemdziesiąt sześć — cardinal number 86
• Portuguese: oitenta e seis — cardinal number 86
• Punjabi: ਛਿਆਸੀ (chiāsī) — cardinal number 86
• Romanian: optzeci și șase — cardinal number 86
• Russian: во́семьдесят шесть (vósemʹdesjat šestʹ) — cardinal number 86
• Sanskrit: षडशीति (ṣaḍaśīti) — cardinal number 86
• Serbo-Croatian: osamdeset i šest — cardinal number 86
• Serbo-Croatian: osamdeset šest — cardinal number 86
• Spanish: ochenta y seis — cardinal number 86
• Swahili: themanini na sita — cardinal number 86
• Tagalog: walumpu't — cardinal number 86
• Tok Pisin: etpela ten sikis — cardinal number 86
• Turkish: seksen altı — cardinal number 86
• Ukrainian: вісімдеся́т ші́сть (visimdesját šístʹ) — cardinal number 86
• Urdu: چھیاسی (chiyāsī) — cardinal number 86
• Yup'ik: yuinaat cetaman arvinglegen — cardinal number 86
• Finnish: peruuttaa — to cancel an order for food
• German: abbestellen — to cancel an order for food
• Icelandic: afpanta — to cancel an order for food
• Swedish: avbryta — to cancel an order for food
• Finnish: poistaa listalta — to remove an item from menu
• German: von der Karte nehmen — to remove an item from menu
• Icelandic: taka af matseðli — to remove an item from menu
• Swedish: stryka från menyn — to remove an item from menu
• German: herunterreißen — colloquial: to remove or eject
• Icelandic: fjarlægja — colloquial: to remove or eject
• Finnish: heittää roskikseen — colloquial: to throw out
• German: hinauswerfen — colloquial: to throw out
• Icelandic: henda — colloquial: to throw out
• Swedish: slänga — colloquial: to throw out