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ninety

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English

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English numbers(edit)
900
← 80 ← 89 90 91 → 100 →
9
Cardinal:ninety
Ordinal:ninetieth
Adverbial:ninetytimes
Multiplier:ninetyfold

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishnynty,nynety,fromOld Englishhundniġontiġ,fromProto-Germanic*newuntēhundą(ninety),equivalent tonine+‎-ty.Cognate withScotsnynty,nynety(ninety),Saterland Frisiannjuugentich(ninety),West Frisiannjoggentich(ninety),Dutchnegentig(ninety),German Low Germannegentig(ninety),Germanneunzig(ninety),Swedishnittio(ninety),Norwegian Bokmålnitti(ninety),Norwegian Nynorsknitti(ninety),Icelandicníutíu(ninety).

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ninety

  1. The cardinal number occurring aftereighty-nineand beforeninety-one,represented in Roman numerals asXCand in Arabic numerals as90.

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