eighty-six

English

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Cardinal: eighty-six     Ordinal: eighty-sixth     Adverbial: eighty-six times

Etymology 1

• eighty + six

Numeral

eighty-six

1. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-five and preceding eighty-seven.

Synonyms

• Hindu-Arabic numerals: 86
• Roman numerals: LXXXVI

Translations

cardinal number 86

• Arabic: سِتَّة وَثَمَانُون (sitta wa-ṯamānūn)
• Armenian: ութսունվեց (utʻsunvecʻ)
• Azerbaijani: səksən altı (az)
• Basque: laurogeita sei (eu)
• Belarusian: во́семдзесят шэсць (vósjemdzjesjat šescʹ)
• Bengali: ছিয়াশি (bn) (chiẏaśi)
• Catalan: vuitanta-sis (ca)

  Valencian: huitanta-sis (ca)

• Cherokee: ᏧᏁᎳᏍᎪ ᏑᏓᎵ (tsunelasgo sudali)
• Dutch: zesentachtig (nl)
• Esperanto: okdek ses
• Finnish: kahdeksankymmentäkuusi
• French: quatre-vingt-six (fr)
• Galician: oitenta e seis (gl)
• Georgian: ოთხმოცდაექვსი (otxmocdaekvsi)
• German: sechsundachtzig (de)
• Greek: ογδόντα έξ (ogdónta éx)
• Hebrew: שמנים־וששה (šmoním və-šišá)
• Hindi: छियासी (hi) (chiyāsī)
• Hungarian: nyolcvanhat (hu)
• Italian: ottantasei (it)
• Japanese: 八十六 (hachijūroku)
• Korean: 여든여섯 (yeodeunyeoseot), 팔십육 (palsibyuk)
• Lao: ແປດສິບຫົກ (pǣt sip hok)
• Latin: octoginta sex
• Malay: lapan puluh enam
• Malayalam: എൺപത്താറ് (eṇpattāṟŭ), എൺപത്തിയാറ് (eṇpattiyāṟŭ)
• Manchu: ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨᠵᡠ
  ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡠᠨ (jakūnju ninggun)
• Navajo: tseebídiin dóó baʼąą hastą́ą́
• Polish: osiemdziesiąt sześć
• Portuguese: oitenta e seis (pt)
• Romanian: optzeci și șase
• Russian: во́семьдесят шесть (ru) (vósemʹdesjat šestʹ)
• Sanskrit: षडशीति (sa) (ṣaḍaśīti)
• Serbo-Croatian: osamdeset i šest, osamdeset šest
• Spanish: ochenta y seis
• Swahili: themanini na sita
• Tagalog: walumpu't anim
• Tok Pisin: etpela ten sikis
• Turkish: seksen altı
• Ukrainian: вісімдеся́т ші́сть (visimdesját šístʹ)
• Yup'ik: yuinaat cetaman arvinglegen

Etymology 2

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)

Verb

eighty-six (third-person singular simple present eighty-sixes, present participle eighty-sixing, simple past and past participle eighty-sixed)

1. Alternative form of 86

Synonyms

• deep six
• nix
• ixnay

Translations

to cancel an order for food

• Finnish: peruuttaa (fi)
• German: abbestellen (de)
• Icelandic: afpanta
• Swedish: avbryta (sv)

to remove an item from menu

• Finnish: poistaa listalta
• German: von der Karte nehmen
• Icelandic: taka af matseðli
• Swedish: stryka från menyn

colloquial: to remove or eject

• German: herunterreißen (de)
• Icelandic: fjarlægja

colloquial: to throw out

• Finnish: heittää roskikseen
• German: hinauswerfen (de)
• Icelandic: henda (is)
• Swedish: slänga (sv)

References

• Michael Quinion (2004) “Eighty-six”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.