Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [nahyn-tee]
- /ˈnaɪn ti/
- /ˈnaɪnti/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [nahyn-tee]
- /ˈnaɪn ti/
Definitions of ninety word
- noun plural ninety a cardinal number, ten times nine. 1
- noun plural ninety a symbol for this number, as 90 or XC. 1
- noun plural ninety a set of this many persons or things. 1
- noun plural ninety nineties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 90 through 99, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or degrees of temperature: His grandmother is in her nineties. 1
- adjective ninety amounting to 90 in number. 1
- noun ninety Equivalent to the product of nine and ten; ten less than one hundred; 90. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of ninety
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English nineti, Old English nigontig. See nine, -ty1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Ninety
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ninety popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ninety usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with ninety
- what were the ninety five theses?
- how to spell ninety?
- how do you spell ninety?
- how do you say ninety in french?
- what is ninety in spanish?
- what is a ninety year old called?
- how do you spell ninety nine?
- what paper did ninety one people sign?
- how to spell ninety dollars?
- how long is ninety mile beach?
- who wrote the ninety five theses?
- what was the ninety five theses?
- what is the ninety five theses?
- how to write a check for ninety dollars?
- where is ninety six sc?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with n
- Words starting with ni
- Words starting with nin
- Words starting with nine
- Words starting with ninet
- Words starting with ninety