NINETY


Meaning of NINETY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnīn-tē ]

noun

( plural nineties )

Etymology: Middle English ninety, adjective, from Old English nigontig, short for hundnigontig, from hundnigontig, noun, group of 90, from hund-, literally, hundred + nigon nine + -tig group of 10; akin to Old English tīen ten

Date: before 12th century

1. — see number table

2. plural : the numbers 90 to 99 ; specifically : the years 90 to 99 in a lifetime or century

• nine·ti·eth -tē-əth adjective or noun

• ninety adjective

• ninety pronoun, plural in construction

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.