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nonante

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French

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French numbers (edit)
900[a], [b]
[a], [b], [c] ←  80 [a], [b], [c] ←  89 90 91  → [a], [b], [c] 100  → 
9
    Cardinal (decimal): nonante
    Cardinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingt-dix
    Ordinal (decimal): nonantième
    Ordinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingt-dixième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 90e, (now nonstandard) 90ème

Etymology

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Inherited from Old French nonante, from Latin nōnāgintā, from earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥dḱomt (nine tens).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nɔ.nɑ̃t/
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Numeral

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nonante (invariable)

  1. (Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety
    Synonym: (France, North America) quatre-vingt-dix
    Il a attendu nonante minutes.He waited for ninety minutes.
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See also

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin nōnāgintā.

Numeral

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nonante

  1. ninety
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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin nōnāgintā.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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cardinal number
90 Previous: uitante et nuef
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nonante

  1. ninety
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Descendants

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  • French: nonante
  • Walloon: nonante

Walloon

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Etymology

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From Old French nonante, from Latin nōnāgintā.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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nonante

  1. ninety
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