nonaginta

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

		900
[a], [b], [c] ←  80	←  89	XC 90	91  →	100  →
		9
Cardinal: nōnāgintā     Ordinal: nōnāgēsimus     Adverbial: nōnāgiēns     Proportional: nōnāgecuplus     Distributive: nōnāgēnus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XC

Etymology

From earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Italic *nounāgəmtā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥dḱomt. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐνενήκοντα (enenḗkonta).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [noː.naːˈɡɪn.taː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [no.naˈd͡ʒin.ta]

Numeral

nōnāgintā (indeclinable)

1. ninety; 90

Derived terms

• duodēnōnāgintā
• ūndēnōnāgintā

Related terms

• novem

Descendants

• Padanian:
  • Emilian: nonanta
  • Friulian: nonante
  • Ladin: nonanta
  • Lombard: nonanta, noranta
  • Piedmontese: noranta
  • Romansh: nonaunta
  • Venetan: nonanta
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: nonanta, nouranta (Valdôtain)
  • French: nonante
  • Norman: nénante
  • Walloon: nonante
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: noranta, nonanta (northern)
  • Occitan: nonanta
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: nonanta, noranta
• Vulgar Latin: *nōvāgintā (see there for further descendants)

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

Further reading

• “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.