/ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.dis/
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Translation
ninety
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Word origin
A French compound, quatre-vingt ('eighty') + dix ('ten'): ninety is counted as four-twenty-ten, a relic of the older habit of counting in twenties.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- quatre-vingt + dix
Examples
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My neighbour is ninety and she walks every day.
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The train is ninety minutes late.
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There were ninety people in the room.
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It costs ninety-nine euros.
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A football match lasts ninety minutes.
Ninety is four-twenty-ten. The teens ride on top of it, so 91 is quatre-vingt-onze and 99 is quatre-vingt-dix-neuf, with no et anywhere. Belgium and Switzerland say nonante.
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 9: quatre-vingt-dix, quand, son and 11 more words.