Home › Italian › Glossary › eighty-one
Italian vocabulary · Beginner
How do you say "eighty-one" in Italian?
ottantuno
In Italian, "eighty-one" is ottantuno.
Listen to the pronunciation:
Free Italian learning game. No sign-up, play in browser. See all games
Pronunciation
ot-tan-TOO-noh. Uno gets emphasis. Ottanta is said quickly.
Grammar notes
Ottantuno uses uno, which elides to 'un' before masculine nouns.
Example sentence
Il museo ha ottantun quadri.
The museum has eighty-one paintings.
Test your Italian knowledge in our free browser games.
How to remember ottantuno
Uno plus ottanta. Uno drops its final o when a vowel follows.
Related words
- expensive costoso
- healthy sano
- new nuovo
- ninety-one novantuno
- thirteen tredici
- thirty-three trentatré
- twenty-eight ventotto
- warm fa caldo
- wide ampio
Browse all Italian words in the glossary.
Questions about ottantuno
How do you say "eighty-one" in Italian?
In Italian, "eighty-one" is ottantuno. It is a noun.
How is ottantuno written in Italian?
ottantuno is written using the standard Italian script.
How is ottantuno used in a sentence?
Use ottantuno as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Il museo ha ottantun quadri. (The museum has eighty-one paintings.).
Where can I practice Italian words for free?
You can play free Italian minigames in your browser on the Noun Town online games page, no sign-up required. Every word in the Italian glossary also has native audio and an example sentence you can revisit any time.
"Eighty-one" in other languages
Curated by Jack Ratcliffe
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Italian language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.
Noun Town on PC, Mac & VR
These browser games are just a taste. The full Noun Town is a bigger, deeper 3D world: explore a living town, talk to its characters and learn thousands of words in immersive VR, Mixed Reality, or on your computer. It's an award-winning game with 590+ reviews on Steam and 12 languages to learn.
See the full game ▶Spot an error? Email us at contact@noun.town