Meanings
numeral
- The cardinal number immediately following ninety-seven — ninety plus eight — and preceding ninety-nine.
If it has crew working aboard, it's a yacht. If it's more than ninety-eight feet [30 m], it's a superyacht.
2022 July 18, Evan Osnos, “The Haves and the Have-Yachts”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number immediately following ninety-seven — ninety plus eight — and preceding ninety-nine.
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98XCVIII
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebeing eight more than ninety
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic ثَمَانِيَة وَتِسْعُون
- ثَمَانِيَة وَتِسْعُون (ṯamāniya wa-tisʕūn)98
Basque laurogeita hemezortzi, laurogeita hamazortzi
- laurogeita hemezortzi98
- laurogeita hamazortzi98
Bengali আটানব্বই
- আটানব্বই (aṭanbboi)98
Catalan noranta-vuit, noranta-huit
- noranta-vuit98
- noranta-huit98
Czech devadesát osm, osmadevadesát
- devadesát osm98
- osmadevadesát98
Esperanto naŭdek ok
- naŭdek ok98
Finnish yhdeksänkymmentäkahdeksan
- yhdeksänkymmentäkahdeksan98
French quatre-vingt-dix-huit, nonante-huit
- quatre-vingt-dix-huit98
- nonante-huit98
German achtundneunzig
- achtundneunzig98
Greek ενενήντα οκτώ
- ενενήντα οκτώ (enenínta októ)98
Hebrew תשעים־ושמנה
- תשעים־ושמנה (tiším və-šmoná)98
Hindi अट्ठानवे
- अट्ठानवे (aṭṭhānve)98
Hungarian kilencvennyolc
- kilencvennyolc98
Italian novantaotto
- novantaotto98
Japanese 九十八
- 九十八 (kyūjūhachi)98
Korean 아흔여덟, 구십팔
- 아흔여덟 (aheunyeodeol)98
- 구십팔 (gusip'pal)98
Latin duodecentum
- duodecentum98
Lithuanian devyniasdešimt aštuoni
- devyniasdešimt aštuoni98
Malay sembilan puluh lapan
- sembilan puluh lapan98
Polish dziewięćdziesiąt osiem
- dziewięćdziesiąt osiem98
Portuguese noventa e oito
- noventa e oito98
Punjabi ਅਠਾਨਵੇਂ
- ਅਠਾਨਵੇਂ (aṭhānvẽ)98
Romanian nouăzeci și opt
- nouăzeci și opt98
Russian девяно́сто во́семь
- девяно́сто во́семь (devjanósto vósemʹ)98
Spanish noventa y ocho
- noventa y ocho98
Swahili tisini na nane
- tisini na nane98
Turkish doksan sekiz
- doksan sekiz98
Ukrainian дев'яно́сто ві́сім
- дев'яно́сто ві́сім (devʺjanósto vísim)98
Urdu اٹھانوے
- اٹھانوے (aṭṭhānve)98
Welsh naw deg wyth, deunaw a phedwar ugain
- naw deg wyth98
- deunaw a phedwar ugain98
Cite this entry
APA
ninety-eight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-eight
MLA
“ninety-eight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-eight. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ninety-eight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-eight.
Source: ninety-eight on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.