Standard Lemma guide

ninety

num · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪn.ti/
  • General-American: /ˈnaɪn.di/
  • General-American: /ˈnaɪn.ti/
  • /ˈno̞ɪn.ti/ Dublin
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪnti
  • rhymes with -aɪndi
  • CMU ARPABET: N AY1 N T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

num

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

being ten more than eighty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 90, xc

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 90, XC

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large integer

History

Etymology

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”).

Across languages

Translations

183 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: negentig — 90
  • Afrikaans: neëntig — 90
  • Albanian: nëntëdhjetë — 90
  • Southern Altai: тогузон (toguzon) — 90
  • Amharic: ዘጠና (zäṭäna) — 90
  • Amharic: ፺) — 90
  • Arabic: تِسْعِينَ (tisʕīna) — 90
  • Arabic: تِسْعُونَ (tisʕūna) — 90
  • Arabic: تسعين (tisʕīn) — 90
  • Aramaic: תשעין (teshʿīn) — 90
  • Aramaic: ܬܫܥܝܢ (teshʿīn) — 90
  • Armenian: իննսուն (innsun) — 90
  • Aromanian: noauãdzãts — 90
  • Aromanian: noauãdzãtsi — 90
  • Aromanian: noauãdzãtsã — 90
  • Asturian: noventa — 90
  • Azerbaijani: doxsan — 90
  • Bashkir: туҡһан (tuqhan) — 90
  • Basque: laurogeita hamar — 90
  • Belarusian: дзевяно́ста (dzjevjanósta) — 90
  • Belarusian: дзе́вяцьдзесят (dzjévjacʹdzjesjat) — 90
  • Bengali: নব্বই (nobboi) — 90
  • Central Bikol: siyam na pulo — 90
  • Breton: dek ha pevar-ugent — 90
  • Bulgarian: деветдесе́т (devetdesét) — 90
  • Burmese: ကိုးဆယ် (kui:hcai) — 90
  • Catalan: noranta — 90
  • Chechen: дезткъе итт (deztqʼe itt) — 90
  • Cherokee: ᏐᏁᎳᏍᎪᎯ (sonelasgohi) — 90
  • Chichewa: makumi asanu ndianayi — 90
  • Chickasaw: pokoli chakká'li — 90
  • Chinese Mandarin: 九十 (jiǔshí) — 90
  • Wu Chinese: 九十 (5cieu-zeq) — 90
  • Chuukese: tiwe — 90
  • Maore Comorian: tuswini — 90
  • Crimean Tatar: doqsan — 90
  • Czech: devadesát — 90
  • Danish: halvfems — 90
  • Danish: halvfemsindstyve — 90
  • Danish: niti — 90
  • Dhivehi: ނަވައި (navai) — 90
  • Dhivehi: ނުވަދިހަ (nuvadiha) — 90
  • Central Dusun: siam nohopod — 90
  • Dutch: negentig — 90
  • Dzongkha: དགུ་བཅུ (dgu bcu) — 90
  • Esperanto: naŭdek — 90
  • Estonian: üheksakümmend — 90
  • Farefare: piswɛɩ — 90
  • Fijian: ciwasagavulu — 90
  • Finnish: yhdeksänkymmentä — 90
  • French: nonante — 90
  • French: quatre-vingt-dix — 90
  • West-Frisian: njoggentich — 90
  • Friulian: nonante — 90
  • Galician: noventa — 90
  • Georgian: ოთხმოცდაათი (otxmocdaati) — 90
  • German: neunzig — 90
  • German: nüünzg — 90
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (niuntēhund) — 90
  • Greek: ενενήντα (enenínta) — 90
  • Ancient Greek: ἐνενήκοντα (enenḗkonta) — 90
  • Ancient Greek: ϟ ́ — 90
  • Hausa: casa'in — 90
  • Hausa: tis'in — 90
  • Hawaiian: kanaiwa — 90
  • Hebrew: תִּשְׁעִים (tishʿím) — 90
  • Hindi: नब्बे (nabbe) — 90
  • Hindi: नव्वे (navve) — 90
  • Hungarian: kilencven — 90
  • Hunsrik: neinzich — 90
  • Ido: nonadek — 90
  • Indonesian: sembilan puluh — 90
  • Ingrian: yheksänkymment — 90
  • Interlingua: novanta — 90
  • Irish: nócha — 90
  • Italian: novanta — 90
  • Japanese: 九十 — 90
  • Karachay-Balkar: токъсан (toqsan) — 90
  • Kazakh: тоқсан (toqsan) — 90
  • Khmer: កៅសិប (kaw səp) — 90
  • Komi-Permyak: ӧкмысдас (ökmysdas) — 90
  • Korean: 아흔 (aheun) — 90
  • Korean: 구십 (gusip) — 90
  • Central Kurdish: نەوەت (newet) — 90
  • Northern Kurdish: not — 90
  • Northern Kurdish: nod — 90
  • Northern Kurdish: nehwed — 90
  • Kyrgyz: токсон (tokson) — 90
  • Ladin: nonanta — 90
  • Lakota: wikčémna napčíyuŋka — 90
  • Lao: ເກົ້າສິບ (kao sip) — 90
  • Latin: nonaginta — 90
  • Latvian: deviņdesmit — 90
  • Ligurian: novanta — 90
  • Lithuanian: devyniasdešimt — 90
  • Livonian: īdõkskimdõ — 90
  • Louisiana Creole: katre-vin-dis — 90
  • Low German: niëgentig — 90
  • Low German: niegensig — 90
  • Luxembourgish: nonzeg — 90
  • Macedonian: деведесет (devedeset) — 90
  • Malay: sembilan puluh — 90
  • Malayalam: തൊണ്ണൂറ് (toṇṇūṟŭ) — 90
  • Maltese: disgħin — 90
  • Manchu: ᡠᠶᡠᠨᠵᡠ (uyunju) — 90
  • Manx: kiare feed as jeig — 90
  • Māori: iwa tekau — 90
  • Middle English: nynty — 90
  • Mokilese: dueijek — 90
  • Mongolian: ер (jer) — 90
  • Nauruan: aduma — 90
  • Navajo: náhástʼédiin — 90
  • Norman: nénante — 90
  • Norwegian: nitti — 90
  • Occitan: nonanta — 90
  • Ojibwe: zhaangasimidana — 90
  • Old Church Slavonic: девѧть десѧтъ (devętĭ desętŭ) — 90
  • Old English: hundnigontiġ — 90
  • Oromo: sagaltama — 90
  • Pashto: نوي (nawi) — 90
  • Pennsylvania German: neinzich — 90
  • Persian: نَوَد (navad) — 90
  • Piedmontese: novanta — 90
  • Polish: dziewięćdziesiąt — 90
  • Portuguese: noventa — 90
  • Punjabi: ਨੱਬੇ (nabbe) — 90
  • Quechua: isqun chunka — 90
  • Romagnol: nuvânta — 90
  • Romanian: nouăzeci — 90
  • Romansh: novanta — 90
  • Romansh: navonta — 90
  • Romansh: novànta — 90
  • Romansh: nonaunta — 90
  • Russian: девяно́сто (devjanósto) — 90
  • Northern Sami: ovccilogi — 90
  • Samoan: ivasefulu — 90
  • Sanskrit: नवति (navatí) — 90
  • Santali: ᱟᱨᱮ ᱜᱮᱞ — 90
  • Sardinian: nobanta — 90
  • Sardinian: nonanta — 90
  • Sardinian: noranta — 90
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceithir fichead 's a deich — 90
  • Scottish Gaelic: naochad — 90
  • Serbo-Croatian: деведесет — 90
  • Serbo-Croatian: devedeset — 90
  • Shan: ၵဝ်ႈသိပ်း (kāo síp) — 90
  • Sicilian: novanta — 90
  • Sinhalese: අනූව (anūwa) — 90
  • Slovak: deväťdesiat — 90
  • Slovene: devetdeset — 90
  • Spanish: noventa — 90
  • Swahili: tisini — 90
  • Swedish: nittio — 90
  • Tagalog: siyamnapu — 90
  • Tahitian: iva 'ahuru — 90
  • Tajik: навад (navad) — 90
  • Tatar: туксан (tuqsan) — 90
  • Telugu: తొంభై (tombhai) — 90
  • Thai: เก้าสิบ (gâao-sìp) — 90
  • Tibetan: དགུ་བཅུ (dgu bcu) — 90
  • Tok Pisin: nainti — 90
  • Tok Pisin: nainpela ten — 90
  • Tongan: hivangofulu — 90
  • Turkish: doksan — 90
  • Ottoman Turkish: طقسان (doksan) — 90
  • Turkmen: togsan — 90
  • Udmurt: укмыстон (ukmyston) — 90
  • Ukrainian: дев'яно́сто (devʺjanósto) — 90
  • Ukrainian: дев'ятде́сят (devʺjatdésjat) — 90
  • Unami: pèshkunk txinxke — 90
  • Urdu: نوے (navve) — 90
  • Urdu: نبے (nabbe) — 90
  • Uyghur: توقسان (toqsan) — 90
  • Uzbek: toʻqson — 90
  • Venetan: nonanta — 90
  • Vietnamese: chín mươi — 90
  • Volapük: züldeg — 90
  • Walloon: nonante — 90
  • Welsh: deg ar pedwar ugain — 90
  • Welsh: naw deg — 90
  • Yiddish: נײַנציק (nayntsik) — 90
  • Yucatec Maya: lajun tu joʼokʼáal — 90
  • Yup'ik: yuinaat cetaman qula — 90