nonante

French

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
French Wikipedia article on 90

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nonante, from Latin nōnāgintā, from earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt (“nine tens”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.nɑ̃t/

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Numeral

nonante (invariable)

1. (Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety

   Synonym: (France, Quebec) quatre-vingt-dix

   Il a attendu nonante minutes. ― He waited for ninety minutes.

Related terms

• neuf

See also

• septante, Septante
• huitante
• octante

Further reading

• “nonante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• entonna

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin nōnāgintā.

Numeral

nonante

1. ninety

Related terms

• nûf

Old French

Etymology

From Latin nōnāgintā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noˈnantə/

Numeral

cardinal number

90	Previous:	uitante et nuef
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nonante

1. ninety

Related terms

• nuef

Descendants

• French: nonante
• Walloon: nonante

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French nonante, from Latin nōnāgintā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.ˈnãt/

Numeral

nonante

1. ninety

Related terms

• noûf