Meanings
adjectiveninetieth (not comparable)
- not comparableThe ordinal form of the number ninety.
nounninetieth (plural ninetieths)
plural ninetieths
- The person or thing in the ninetieth position.
- One of ninety equal parts of a whole.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishnyntithe
- Englishninetieth
From earlier ninteth, from Middle English nyntithe; for the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans negentigste
- negentigsteordinal form of ninety
Ancient Greek ἐνενηκοστός
- ἐνενηκοστός (enenēkostós)ordinal form of ninety
Bengali নবতিতম
- নবতিতম (nobtitom)ordinal form of ninety
Bulgarian деветдесети
- деветдесети (devetdeseti)ordinal form of ninety
Catalan norantè
- norantèordinal form of ninety
Chinese Mandarin 第九十
- 第九十 (dì jiǔshí)ordinal form of ninety
Czech devadesátý
- devadesátýordinal form of ninety
Danish halvfemsindstyvende
- halvfemsindstyvendeordinal form of ninety
Dutch negentigste
- negentigsteordinal form of ninety
Esperanto naŭdeka
- naŭdekaordinal form of ninety
Estonian üheksakümnes
- üheksakümnesordinal form of ninety
Finnish yhdeksäskymmenes, yhdeksäskymmenes
- yhdeksäskymmenesordinal form of ninety
- yhdeksäskymmenesperson or thing in the ninetieth position
- yhdeksäskymmenesosaone of ninety equal parts of a whole
French quatre-vingt-dixième, nonantième
- quatre-vingt-dixièmeordinal form of ninety
- nonantièmeordinal form of ninety
- 90^ (ème)ordinal form of ninety
- quatre-vingt-dixièmeperson or thing in the ninetieth position
- nonantièmeperson or thing in the ninetieth position
- quatre-vingt-dixièmeone of ninety equal parts of a whole
- nonantièmeone of ninety equal parts of a whole
German neunzigste
- neunzigsteordinal form of ninety
Greek ενενηκοστή
- ενενηκοστή (enenikostí)ordinal form of ninety
Hindi नब्बेवाँ, नव्वेवाँ
- नब्बेवाँ (nabbevā̃)ordinal form of ninety
- नव्वेवाँ (navvevā̃)ordinal form of ninety
- नब्बेवाँ (nabbevā̃)person or thing in the ninetieth position
- नव्वेवाँ (navvevā̃)person or thing in the ninetieth position
Hungarian kilencvenedik
- kilencvenedikordinal form of ninety
Icelandic nítugasta
- nítugastaordinal form of ninety
Indonesian kesembilanpuluh
- kesembilanpuluhordinal form of ninety
Irish nóchadú
- nóchadúordinal form of ninety
Italian novantesimo, 90º
- novantesimoordinal form of ninety
- 90ºordinal form of ninety
- novantesimoperson or thing in the ninetieth position
- novantesimoone of ninety equal parts of a whole
Japanese 第九十
- 第九十 (dai-kyūjū)ordinal form of ninety
Korean 제 구십, 아흔째
- 제 구십 (je gusip)ordinal form of ninety
- 아흔째 (aheunjjae)ordinal form of ninety
Latin nōnāgēsimus
- nōnāgēsimusordinal form of ninety
Latvian deviņdesmitais
- deviņdesmitaisordinal form of ninety
Lithuanian devyniasdešimtas
- devyniasdešimtasordinal form of ninety
Malay kesembilan puluh
- kesembilan puluhordinal form of ninety
Norwegian Bokmål nittiende
- nittiendeordinal form of ninety
Persian نودم
- نودم (navadom)ordinal form of ninety
Polish dziewięćdziesiąty, 90.
- dziewięćdziesiątyordinal form of ninety
- 90.ordinal form of ninety
Portuguese nonagésimo, 90º
- nonagésimoordinal form of ninety
- 90ºordinal form of ninety
- nonagésimoperson or thing in the ninetieth position
- nonagésimoone of ninety equal parts of a whole
Romanian nouăzecilea
- nouăzecileaordinal form of ninety
Russian девяностый
- девяностый (devjanostyj)ordinal form of ninety
Slovak deväťdesiaty
- deväťdesiatyordinal form of ninety
Spanish nonagésimo, nonagésimo
- nonagésimoordinal form of ninety
- nonagésimoperson or thing in the ninetieth position
- nonagésimoone of ninety equal parts of a whole
Swedish nittionde
- nittiondeordinal form of ninety
Tagalog pansiyamnapu
- pansiyamnapuordinal form of ninety
Turkish doksanıncı, 90'ıncı
- doksanıncıordinal form of ninety
- 90'ıncıordinal form of ninety
- 90.ordinal form of ninety
Ukrainian дев'яностий
- дев'яностий (devʺjanostyj)ordinal form of ninety
Vietnamese thứ chín mươi
- thứ chín mươiordinal form of ninety
Yiddish נײַנציקסט, נײַנציקסטל
- נײַנציקסט (nayntsikst)ordinal form of ninety
- נײַנציקסטל (nayntsikstl)one of ninety equal parts of a whole
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APA
ninetieth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninetieth
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“ninetieth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninetieth. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ninetieth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninetieth.
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