fourscore

English

Etymology

From four +‎ score.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːskɔː/
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Numeral

fourscore

(now archaic) Eighty.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version):
  , Numbers IV:48:
  Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
- 1863, Abraham Lincoln, ‘Gettysburg Address’:
  Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
- 1914, Saki, ‘The Cobweb’, Beasts and Superbeasts:
  Old Martha was standing at a table trussing a pair of chickens for the market stall as she had trussed them for nearly fourscore years.

Translations

4×20

Bulgarian: осемдесет (osemdeset)
Catalan: vuitanta (ca)
Dutch: tachtig (nl)

French: quatre-vingts (fr), (Switzerland) huitante (fr)
German: achtzig (de)
Irish: cheithre fichid

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