adj
Meaning 1
Of or related to eightysomethings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
octogenarian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˌɑktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɒktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/
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CMU ARPABET: AA2 K T AH0 JH IH0 N EH1 R IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of eightysomething: a person between 80 and 89 years old.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eightysomething
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
being from 80 to 89 years old
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 4
someone whose age is in the eighties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager
History
Etymology
From Latin octōgēnārius + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French octogénaire, from Latin octōgēnus (“80 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from octōgintā (“eight tens, 80”).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: octogenari — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Cebuano: oktohenariyo — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Finnish: kahdeksissakymmenissä oleva — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Finnish: kahdeksankymppinen — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- French: octogénaire — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- German: achtzigjährig — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Hebrew: גְּבוּרוֹת (gvurót) — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Hungarian: nyolcvanas (éveiben járó) — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Hungarian: nyolcvanas — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Hungarian: nyolcvanvalahány éves — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Hungarian: nyolcvanadik születésnapját betöltött — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Old Norse: áttrœðr — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Portuguese: octogenário — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Portuguese: octogenária — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age
- Portuguese: oitentão — Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age