num · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈnaɪn.ti/
General-American:/ˈnaɪn.di/
General-American:/ˈnaɪn.ti/
/ˈno̞ɪn.ti/Dublin
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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
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
being ten more than eighty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 90, xc
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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”).
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Translations
183 source translations are retained for this English entry.