ninety

Meaning

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

Synonyms

90

ninetieth

ninty

XC

xc

Translations

quatre-vingt-dix

90

novanta

90

noventa

90

neunzig

90

negentig

90

ενενήντα

noventa

90

noranta

90

nonaginta

90

nonante

90

doksan

90

not

nod

90

nonanta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnaɪn.ti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nynty

Inherited from Old English: hundniġontiġ

Cognate with Scots: nynty

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: njuugentich

Cognate with Western Frisian: njoggentich

Cognate with Dutch: negentig

Cognate with German: neunzig

Cognate with Swedish: nittio

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: nitti

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: nitti

Cognate with Icelandic: níutíu

In summary

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”).