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eighty-six en · NUM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪ.tiˈsɪks/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From eighty + six.

Meanings

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

Synonyms

LXXXVI · 86 (Hindu-Arabic numerals)

Translations (47)

ar سِتَّة وَثَمَانُون (cardinal number 86) · mnc ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨᠵᡠ ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡠᠨ (cardinal number 86) · eo okdek ses (cardinal number 86) · la octoginta sex (cardinal number 86) · ml എൺപത്തിയാറ് (cardinal number 86) · bn ছিয়াশি (cardinal number 86) · ur چھیاسی (cardinal number 86) · pa ਛਿਆਸੀ (cardinal number 86) · ja 八十六 (cardinal number 86) · az səksən altı (cardinal number 86) · it ottantasei (cardinal number 86) · nv tseebídiin dóó baʼąą hastą́ą́ (cardinal number 86) · be во́семдзесят шэсць (cardinal number 86) · sa षडशीति (cardinal number 86) · eu laurogeita sei (cardinal number 86) · tpi etpela ten sikis (cardinal number 86) · sh osamdeset i šest (cardinal number 86) · he שמנים־וששה (cardinal number 86) · hi छियासी (cardinal number 86) · ms lapan puluh enam (cardinal number 86) · ml എൺപത്താറ് (cardinal number 86) · ca huitanta-sis (cardinal number 86) · ko 팔십육 (cardinal number 86) · esu yuinaat cetaman arvinglegen (cardinal number 86) · fi kahdeksankymmentäkuusi (cardinal number 86) · nl zesentachtig (cardinal number 86) · ru во́семьдесят шесть (cardinal number 86) · sh osamdeset šest (cardinal number 86) · tl walumpu't (cardinal number 86) · lo ແປດສິບຫົກ (cardinal number 86) · es ochenta y seis (cardinal number 86) · de sechsundachtzig (cardinal number 86) · sw themanini na sita (cardinal number 86) · uk вісімдеся́т ші́сть (cardinal number 86) · chr ᏧᏁᎳᏍᎪ ᏑᏓᎵ (cardinal number 86) · pl osiemdziesiąt sześć (cardinal number 86) · tr seksen altı (cardinal number 86) · ka ოთხმოცდაექვსი (cardinal number 86) · hu nyolcvanhat (cardinal number 86) · el ογδόντα έξ (cardinal number 86) · ko 여든여섯 (cardinal number 86) · hy ութսունվեց (cardinal number 86) · gl oitenta e seis (cardinal number 86) · fr quatre-vingt-six (cardinal number 86) · ca vuitanta-sis (cardinal number 86) · pt oitenta e seis (cardinal number 86) · ro optzeci și șase (cardinal number 86)

eighty-six en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪ.tiˈsɪks/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of 86.
   alt of 86
   • Equipment on a warship set to be upgraded or disposed of was given the code AT-6, or phonetically “eighty-six”. 2025 May 16, Edward Helmore, “What does ‘8647’ really mean? Not what Trump’s supporters are saying”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Synonyms

ixnay · deep six · nix

Translations (14)

fi peruuttaa (to cancel an order for food) · fi heittää roskikseen (colloquial: to throw out) · sv stryka från menyn (to remove an item from menu) · is taka af matseðli (to remove an item from menu) · de von der Karte nehmen (to remove an item from menu) · sv avbryta (to cancel an order for food) · is henda (colloquial: to throw out) · sv slänga (colloquial: to throw out) · de abbestellen (to cancel an order for food) · de hinauswerfen (colloquial: to throw out) · is fjarlægja (colloquial: to remove or eject) · de herunterreißen (colloquial: to remove or eject) · is afpanta (to cancel an order for food) · fi poistaa listalta (to remove an item from menu)