Meanings
- The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.
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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*newuntēhundą“ninety”
- Old Englishhundniġontiġ
- Middle Englishnynty
- Englishninety
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans negentig, neëntig
- negentig90
- neëntig90
Ancient Greek ἐνενήκοντα, ϟ΄
- ἐνενήκοντα (enenḗkonta)90
- ϟ΄90
Arabic تِسْعِينَ, تِسْعُونَ
- تِسْعِينَ (tisʕīna)90
- تِسْعُونَ (tisʕūna)90
Basque laurogeita hamar
- laurogeita hamar90
Bengali নব্বই
- নব্বই (nobboi)90
Bulgarian деветдесе́т
- деветдесе́т (devetdesét)90
Catalan noranta
- noranta90
Chinese Mandarin 九十
- 九十 (jiǔshí)90
Czech devadesát
- devadesát90
Danish halvfems, halvfemsindstyve
- halvfems90
- halvfemsindstyve90
- niti90
Dutch negentig
- negentig90
Esperanto naŭdek
- naŭdek90
Estonian üheksakümmend
- üheksakümmend90
Finnish yhdeksänkymmentä
- yhdeksänkymmentä90
French quatre-vingt-dix, nonante
- quatre-vingt-dix90
- nonante90
German neunzig
- neunzig90
Greek ενενήντα
- ενενήντα (enenínta)90
Hawaiian kanaiwa
- kanaiwa90
Hebrew תִּשְׁעִים
- תִּשְׁעִים (tishʿím)90
Hindi नब्बे, नव्वे
- नब्बे (nabbe)90
- नव्वे (navve)90
Hungarian kilencven
- kilencven90
Indonesian sembilan puluh
- sembilan puluh90
Irish nócha
- nócha90
Italian novanta
- novanta90
Japanese 九十
- 九十90
Korean 아흔, 구십
- 아흔 (aheun)90
- 구십 (gusip)90
Latin nonaginta
- nonaginta90
Latvian deviņdesmit
- deviņdesmit90
Lithuanian devyniasdešimt
- devyniasdešimt90
Malay sembilan puluh
- sembilan puluh90
Māori iwa tekau
- iwa tekau90
Norwegian nitti
- nitti90
Persian نَوَد
- نَوَد (navad)90
Polish dziewięćdziesiąt
- dziewięćdziesiąt90
Portuguese noventa
- noventa90
Punjabi ਨੱਬੇ
- ਨੱਬੇ (nabbe)90
Romanian nouăzeci
- nouăzeci90
Russian девяно́сто
- девяно́сто (devjanósto)90
Scottish Gaelic ceithir fichead 's a deich, naochad
- ceithir fichead 's a deich90
- naochad90
Slovak deväťdesiat
- deväťdesiat90
Spanish noventa
- noventa90
Swahili tisini
- tisini90
Swedish nittio
- nittio90
Tagalog siyamnapu
- siyamnapu90
Thai เก้าสิบ
- เก้าสิบ (gâao-sìp)90
Turkish doksan
- doksan90
Ukrainian дев'яно́сто, дев'ятде́сят
- дев'яно́сто (devʺjanósto)90
- дев'ятде́сят (devʺjatdésjat)90
Urdu نوے, نبے
- نوے (navve)90
- نبے (nabbe)90
Vietnamese chín mươi
- chín mươi90
Welsh deg a phedwar ugain, naw deg
- deg a phedwar ugain90
- naw deg90
Yiddish נײַנציק
- נײַנציק (nayntsik)90
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ninety
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Cite this entry
ninety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety
“ninety.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ninety,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety.
Source: ninety on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.