ninety
pronunciation
How to pronounce ninety in British English:
UK [ˈnaɪnti]
How to pronounce ninety in American English:
US [ˈnaɪnti]
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- Noun:
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine
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- Adjective:
- being ten more than eighty
Word Origin
- ninety (n.)
- Old English nigontig, from nine + -tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Cognate with Old Frisian niontich, Middle Dutch negentich, Dutch negentig, German neunzig.
Example
- 1. About ninety percent of these people are in poor countries .
- 2. My baby 's father drove his red dodge pickup ninety miles an hour to get to the hospital .
- 3. Ninety percent of the u.s. milk supply , for example , comes from the holstein breed of cattle .
- 4. Ninety miles offshore their small yacht was boarded by armed somali pirates who held them hostage on land for more than a year demanding a ransom of many million dollars .
- 5. Ninety years after carter 's discovery , on november 13th , an exact facsimile of the royal tomb will be unveiled in cairo .