"octogenarian" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌɑktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ [General-American], /ˌɒktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: From Latin octōgēnārius + -an (“forming adjectives and representative nouns”), either directly or via French octogénaire, from Latin octōgēnus (“80 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from octōgintā (“eight tens, 80”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|octōgēnārius}} Latin octōgēnārius, {{m|en|-an||forming adjectives and representative nouns}} -an (“forming adjectives and representative nouns”), {{der|en|fr|octogénaire}} French octogénaire, {{der|en|la|octōgēnus|t=80 each}} Latin octōgēnus (“80 each”), {{m|la|-ārius||-ary}} -ārius (“-ary”), {{m|la|octōgintā|t=eight tens, 80}} octōgintā (“eight tens, 80”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} octogenarian (not comparable)
  1. Of or related to eightysomethings. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Eighty Synonyms: octogenary [obsolete] Translations (Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age): octogenari (Catalan), oktohenariyo (Cebuano), kahdeksissakymmenissä oleva (Finnish), kahdeksankymppinen (Finnish), octogénaire [feminine, masculine] (French), achtzigjährig (German), nyolcvanas (éveiben járó) (Hungarian), nyolcvanas (Hungarian), nyolcvanvalahány éves (Hungarian), nyolcvanadik születésnapját betöltött (Hungarian), áttrœðr (Old Norse)
    Sense id: en-octogenarian-en-adj-ELxYcvmJ Disambiguation of Eighty: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with octo-, English terms suffixed with -arian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with octo-: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -arian: 82 18

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɑktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ [General-American], /ˌɒktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: octogenarians [plural]
Etymology: From Latin octōgēnārius + -an (“forming adjectives and representative nouns”), either directly or via French octogénaire, from Latin octōgēnus (“80 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from octōgintā (“eight tens, 80”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|octōgēnārius}} Latin octōgēnārius, {{m|en|-an||forming adjectives and representative nouns}} -an (“forming adjectives and representative nouns”), {{der|en|fr|octogénaire}} French octogénaire, {{der|en|la|octōgēnus|t=80 each}} Latin octōgēnus (“80 each”), {{m|la|-ārius||-ary}} -ārius (“-ary”), {{m|la|octōgintā|t=eight tens, 80}} octōgintā (“eight tens, 80”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} octogenarian (plural octogenarians)
  1. Synonym of eightysomething: a person between 80 and 89 years old. Categories (topical): Age, Eighty, Gerontology, People Synonyms: eightysomething [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-octogenarian-en-noun-TKVxFrsK Disambiguation of Age: 35 65 Disambiguation of Eighty: 50 50 Disambiguation of Gerontology: 30 70 Disambiguation of People: 37 63 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with octo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with octo-: 54 46

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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "octogenary"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age",
      "word": "octogenari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age",
      "word": "oktohenariyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age",
      "word": "kahdeksissakymmenissä oleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age",
      "word": "kahdeksankymppinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "octogénaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age",
      "word": "achtzigjährig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age",
      "word": "nyolcvanas (éveiben járó)"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age",
      "word": "nyolcvanas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age",
      "word": "nyolcvanvalahány éves"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age",
      "word": "nyolcvanadik születésnapját betöltött"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "Of or related to people between 80 and 89 years of age",
      "word": "áttrœðr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "octogenarian"
}

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