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ninety-eight

num · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

num

Meaning 1

The cardinal number immediately following ninety-seven — ninety plus eight — and preceding ninety-nine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

being eight more than ninety

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 98, xcviii

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ثَمَانِيَة وَتِسْعُون (ṯamāniya wa-tisʕūn) — 98
  • Armenian: իննսունութ (innsunutʻ) — 98
  • Azerbaijani: doxsan səkkiz — 98
  • Basque: laurogeita hemezortzi — 98
  • Basque: laurogeita hamazortzi — 98
  • Belarusian: дзевяно́ста во́сем (dzjevjanósta vósjem) — 98
  • Bengali: আটানব্বই (aṭanbboi) — 98
  • Catalan: noranta-vuit — 98
  • Catalan: noranta-huit — 98
  • Cherokee: ᏐᏁᎳᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᎳ (sonelasgo tsunela) — 98
  • Czech: devadesát osm — 98
  • Czech: osmadevadesát — 98
  • Esperanto: naŭdek ok — 98
  • Finnish: yhdeksänkymmentäkahdeksan — 98
  • French: quatre-vingt-dix-huit — 98
  • Galician: noventa e oito — 98
  • Georgian: ოთხმოცდათვრამეტი (otxmocdatvrameṭi) — 98
  • German: achtundneunzig — 98
  • Greek: ενενήντα οκτώ (enenínta októ) — 98
  • Hebrew: תשעים־ושמנה (tiším və-šmoná) — 98
  • Hindi: अट्ठानवे (aṭṭhānve) — 98
  • Hungarian: kilencvennyolc — 98
  • Italian: novantaotto — 98
  • Japanese: 九十八 (kyūjūhachi) — 98
  • Korean: 아흔여덟 (aheunyeodeol) — 98
  • Korean: 구십팔 (gusip'pal) — 98
  • Lao: ເກົ້າສິບແປດ (kao sip pǣt) — 98
  • Latin: duodecentum — 98
  • Lithuanian: devyniasdešimt aštuoni — 98
  • Malay: sembilan puluh lapan — 98
  • Malayalam: തൊണ്ണൂറ്റെട്ട് (toṇṇūṟṟeṭṭŭ) — 98
  • Malayalam: തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിയെട്ട് (toṇṇūṟṟiyeṭṭŭ) — 98
  • Manchu: ᡠᠶᡠᠨᠵᡠ ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ (uyunju jakūn) — 98
  • Navajo: náhástʼédiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí — 98
  • Polish: dziewięćdziesiąt osiem — 98
  • Portuguese: noventa e oito — 98
  • Punjabi: ਅਠਾਨਵੇਂ (aṭhānvẽ) — 98
  • Romanian: nouăzeci și opt — 98
  • Russian: девяно́сто во́семь (devjanósto vósemʹ) — 98
  • Sanskrit: अष्टनवति (aṣṭanavati) — 98
  • Sanskrit: अष्टानवति (aṣṭānavati) — 98
  • Spanish: noventa y ocho — 98
  • Swahili: tisini na nane — 98
  • Tok Pisin: nainpela ten et — 98
  • Turkish: doksan sekiz — 98
  • Ukrainian: дев'яно́сто ві́сім (devʺjanósto vísim) — 98
  • Urdu: اٹھانوے (aṭṭhānve) — 98
  • Yup'ik: yuinaat cetaman qula pingayunlegen — 98