nonaginta

nonaginta

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nōnāgintā     Ordinal : nōnāgēsimus     Adverbial : nōnāgiēns     Distributive : nōnāgēnī

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XC

Etymology

From earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt (“nine tens”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐνενήκοντα (enenḗkonta).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /noː.naːˈɡin.taː/, [noː.naːˈɡɪn.taː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.naˈd͡ʒin.ta/

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Numeral

nōnāgintā (indeclinable)

1. ninety; 90

Derived terms

• duodēnōnāgintā
• ūndēnōnāgintā

Related terms

• novem

Descendants

• Catalan: noranta
• French: nonante
• Friulian: nonante
• Ladin: nonanta
• Norman: nénante
• Occitan: nonanta

• Romansch: nonaunta
• Sardinian: nonanta, noranta
• Venetian: nonanta
• Vulgar Latin: *nōvāgintā (see there for further descendants)
• Walloon: nonante

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

References

• nonaginta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nonaginta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nonaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette