ninety

CEFRA1

/ˈnaɪn.ti/

number · numeral

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    number

    The number ten times nine.

  2. 02

    numeral

    Extra detail

    The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.

Examples

  • It is not rare at all to live over ninety years.

  • The old man is above ninety.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈnaɪn.di/
  • /ˈno̞ɪn.ti/

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Origin

number

From Middle English nynty, nynety, from Old English hundniġontiġ, from Proto-Germanic *newuntēhundą (“ninety”), equivalent to nine + -ty. Cognate with Scots nynty, nynety (“ninety”), Saterland Frisian njuugentich (“ninety”), West Frisian njoggentich (“ninety”), Dutch negentig (“ninety”), German Low German negentig (“ninety”), German neunzig (“ninety”), Swedish nittio (“ninety”), Norwegian Bokmål nitti (“ninety”), Norwegian Nynorsk nitti (“ninety”), Icelandic níutíu (“ninety”).