quatre-vingt-dix

French

French numbers ^(edit)

		900[a], [b]
[a], [b], [c] ←  80	[a], [b], [c] ←  89	90	91  → [a], [b], [c]	100  →
		9
Cardinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingt-dix     Cardinal (decimal): nonante     Ordinal (vigesimal): quatre-vingt-dixième     Ordinal (decimal): nonantième     Ordinal abbreviation: 90e, (now nonstandard) 90ème
French Wikipedia article on 90

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.dis/
• IPA^(key): /ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.di/ (before a consonant or aspirated h)
• IPA^(key): /ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.diz‿/ (before a vowel or mute h)

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Numeral

quatre-vingt-dix (invariable)

1. ninety

Usage notes

The term nonante is used instead of quatre-vingt-dix in Switzerland, Belgium, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: katre-vin-dis

Further reading

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