Meanings
numeral
- The cardinal number immediately following ninety-eight and preceding one hundred.
nounninety-nine (countable and uncountable, plural ninety-nines)
plural ninety-nines
- countableA traditional British ice cream cone with a flaky chocolate bar inserted, usually made with soft serve.
Synonyms: 99 Flake
- uncountableA simple card game with a running total, players dropping out if they would be forced to bring the total above ninety-nine.
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number immediately following ninety-eight and preceding one hundred.
Similar
99XCIX
nounA traditional British ice cream cone with a flaky chocolate bar inserted, usually made with soft serve.
Similar
99 Flake
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic تِسْعَة وَتِسْعُيون
- تِسْعَة وَتِسْعُيون (tisʕa wa-tisʕūn)cardinal number 99
Basque laurogeita hemeretzi
- laurogeita hemeretzicardinal number 99
Bengali নিরানব্বই
- নিরানব্বই (niranbboi)cardinal number 99
Catalan noranta-nou
- noranta-noucardinal number 99
Chinese Mandarin 九十九
- 九十九 (jiǔshíjiǔ)cardinal number 99
Czech devadesát devět, devětadevadesát
- devadesát devětcardinal number 99
- devětadevadesátcardinal number 99
Danish nioghalvfems
- nioghalvfemscardinal number 99
Dutch negenennegentig
- negenennegentigcardinal number 99
Esperanto naŭdek naŭ
- naŭdek naŭcardinal number 99
Finnish yhdeksänkymmentäyhdeksän
- yhdeksänkymmentäyhdeksäncardinal number 99
French quatre-vingt-dix-neuf, nonante-neuf
- quatre-vingt-dix-neufcardinal number 99
- nonante-neufcardinal number 99
German neunundneunzig
- neunundneunzigcardinal number 99
Greek ενενήντα εννέα
- ενενήντα εννέα (enenínta ennéa)cardinal number 99
Hebrew תשעים ותשע
- תשעים ותשע (tišʻim ve-tišaʻ)cardinal number 99
Hindi निन्यानवे
- निन्यानवे (ninyānve)cardinal number 99
Hungarian kilencvenkilenc
- kilencvenkilenccardinal number 99
Icelandic nítíuogníu
- nítíuogníucardinal number 99
Italian novantanove
- novantanovecardinal number 99
Japanese 九十九, 九十九
- 九十九 (kyūjūkyū)cardinal number 99
- 九十九 (tsukumo)cardinal number 99
Korean 아흔아홉, 구십구
- 아흔아홉 (aheunahop)cardinal number 99
- 구십구 (gusipgu)cardinal number 99
Latin ūndēcentum
- ūndēcentumcardinal number 99
Lithuanian devyniasdešimt devyni
- devyniasdešimt devynicardinal number 99
Malay sembilan puluh sembilan
- sembilan puluh sembilancardinal number 99
Māori iwa tekau mā iwa, iwa ngahuru mā iwa
- iwa tekau mā iwacardinal number 99
- iwa ngahuru mā iwacardinal number 99
Norwegian Bokmål nittini
- nittinicardinal number 99
Polish dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięć
- dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięćcardinal number 99
Portuguese noventa e nove
- noventa e novecardinal number 99
Punjabi ਨੜ੍ਹਿਨਵੇਂ
- ਨੜ੍ਹਿਨਵੇਂ (naṛhinvẽ)cardinal number 99
Russian девяно́сто де́вять
- девяно́сто де́вять (devjanósto dévjatʹ)cardinal number 99
Spanish noventa y nueve
- noventa y nuevecardinal number 99
Swahili tisini na tisa
- tisini na tisacardinal number 99
Swedish nittionio
- nittioniocardinal number 99
Turkish doksan dokuz
- doksan dokuzcardinal number 99
Ukrainian дев'яно́сто де́в'ять
- дев'яно́сто де́в'ять (devʺjanósto dévʺjatʹ)cardinal number 99
Urdu ننانوے, ننیانوے
- ننانوے (ninānve)cardinal number 99
- ننیانوے (ninyānve)cardinal number 99
Vietnamese chín mươi chín
- chín mươi chíncardinal number 99
Welsh naw deg naw, pedwar ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain
- naw deg nawcardinal number 99
- pedwar ar bymtheg a phedwar ugaincardinal number 99
- pedair ar bymtheg a phedwar ugaincardinal number 99
- cant namyn uncardinal number 99
Cite this entry
APA
ninety-nine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-nine
MLA
“ninety-nine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-nine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ninety-nine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-nine.
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