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ninety-nine

noun · num · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A traditional British ice cream cone with a flaky chocolate bar inserted, usually made with soft serve.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A simple card game with a running total, players dropping out if they would be forced to bring the total above ninety-nine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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3

num

Meaning 3

The cardinal number immediately following ninety-eight and preceding one hundred.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

being nine more than ninety

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 99, ic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تِسْعَة وَتِسْعُيون (tisʕa wa-tisʕūn) — cardinal number 99
  • Armenian: իննսունինը (innsuninə) — cardinal number 99
  • Azerbaijani: doxsan doqquz — cardinal number 99
  • Basque: laurogeita hemeretzi — cardinal number 99
  • Belarusian: дзевяно́ста дзе́вяць (dzjevjanósta dzjévjacʹ) — cardinal number 99
  • Bengali: নিরানব্বই (niranbboi) — cardinal number 99
  • Breton: naontek ha pevar-ugent — cardinal number 99
  • Catalan: noranta-nou — cardinal number 99
  • Cherokee: ᏐᏁᎳᏍᎪ ᏐᏁᎳ (sonelasgo sonela) — cardinal number 99
  • Chinese Mandarin: 九十九 (jiǔshíjiǔ) — cardinal number 99
  • Cornish: nownsek ha peswar ugens — cardinal number 99
  • Czech: devadesát devět — cardinal number 99
  • Czech: devětadevadesát — cardinal number 99
  • Danish: nioghalvfems — cardinal number 99
  • Dutch: negenennegentig — cardinal number 99
  • Esperanto: naŭdek naŭ — cardinal number 99
  • Finnish: yhdeksänkymmentäyhdeksän — cardinal number 99
  • French: quatre-vingt-dix-neuf — cardinal number 99
  • French: nonante-neuf — cardinal number 99
  • Galician: noventa e nove — cardinal number 99
  • Georgian: ოთხმოცდაცხრამეტი (otxmocdacxrameṭi) — cardinal number 99
  • German: neunundneunzig — cardinal number 99
  • Greek: ενενήντα εννέα (enenínta ennéa) — cardinal number 99
  • Haitian Creole: katrevendiznèf — cardinal number 99
  • Hebrew: תשעים ותשע (tišʻim ve-tišaʻ) — cardinal number 99
  • Hindi: निन्यानवे (ninyānve) — cardinal number 99
  • Hungarian: kilencvenkilenc — cardinal number 99
  • Icelandic: nítíuogníu — cardinal number 99
  • Italian: novantanove — cardinal number 99
  • Japanese: 九十九 (kyūjūkyū) — cardinal number 99
  • Japanese: 九十九 (tsukumo) — cardinal number 99
  • Korean: 아흔아홉 (aheunahop) — cardinal number 99
  • Korean: 구십구 (gusipgu) — cardinal number 99
  • Lao: ເກົ້າສິບເກົ້າ (kao sip kao) — cardinal number 99
  • Latin: ūndēcentum — cardinal number 99
  • Lithuanian: devyniasdešimt devyni — cardinal number 99
  • Lombard: novanta-neuv — cardinal number 99
  • Malay: sembilan puluh sembilan — cardinal number 99
  • Malayalam: തൊണ്ണൂറ്റൊമ്പത് (toṇṇūṟṟompatŭ) — cardinal number 99
  • Malayalam: തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിയൊമ്പത് (toṇṇūṟṟiyompatŭ) — cardinal number 99
  • Manchu: ᡠᠶᡠᠨᠵᡠ ᡠᠶᡠᠨ (uyunju uyun) — cardinal number 99
  • Manx: kiare feed as nuy-jeig — cardinal number 99
  • Māori: iwa tekau mā iwa — cardinal number 99
  • Māori: iwa ngahuru mā iwa — cardinal number 99
  • Navajo: náhástʼédiin dóó baʼąą náhástʼéí — cardinal number 99
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nittini — cardinal number 99
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nittini — cardinal number 99
  • Old English: nigon and hundnigontiġ — cardinal number 99
  • Polish: dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięć — cardinal number 99
  • Portuguese: noventa e nove — cardinal number 99
  • Punjabi: ਨੜ੍ਹਿਨਵੇਂ (naṛhinvẽ) — cardinal number 99
  • Russian: девяно́сто де́вять (devjanósto dévjatʹ) — cardinal number 99
  • Sanskrit: नवनवति (navanavati) — cardinal number 99
  • Sanskrit: एकोनशत (ekonaśata) — cardinal number 99
  • Spanish: noventa y nueve — cardinal number 99
  • Swahili: tisini na tisa — cardinal number 99
  • Swedish: nittionio — cardinal number 99
  • Tok Pisin: nainpela ten nain — cardinal number 99
  • Turkish: doksan dokuz — cardinal number 99
  • Ukrainian: дев'яно́сто де́в'ять (devʺjanósto dévʺjatʹ) — cardinal number 99
  • Urdu: ننانوے (ninānve) — cardinal number 99
  • Urdu: ننیانوے (ninyānve) — cardinal number 99
  • Vietnamese: chín mươi chín — cardinal number 99
  • Welsh: naw deg naw — cardinal number 99
  • Welsh: pedwar ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain — cardinal number 99
  • Welsh: pedair ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain — cardinal number 99
  • Welsh: cant namyn un — cardinal number 99
  • Yup'ik: yuinaat cetaman qula qulngunritaraan — cardinal number 99
Real reading context

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