nineties

See also: Nineties

English

Alternative forms

• (decade): 90s, '90s, Nineties

Noun

1. plural of ninety
2. The decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc.
   • 1914, Amherst College, “Amherst graduates' quarterly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 4, page 6:

     Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume at reunion and let the college wag as it will; the oneties are the really wise as to what the college ought to be, especially on its athletic side, but as contributors modest.

   • 1919, Harry Hamilton Johnston, The Gay-Dombeys: A Novel, Macmillan, page 172,

     He and his clever staff of minor blackguards exploited to the full every weakness and caries in the London Society of the 'eighties, 'nineties, and 'oughts.

3. The decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99.
4. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 90 and 99.

Synonyms

• 90s, Nineties
• 1990s

Derived terms

• Gay Nineties
• Naughty Nineties

Translations

the decade of the 1990s

• Catalan: anys noranta m pl
• Czech: devadesátá léta n pl
• Dutch: jaren negentig n pl, jaren 90 n pl, jaren 1990 n pl
• Finnish: yhdeksänkymmentäluku
• French: années quatre-vingt-dix f pl, années 90 f pl
• Georgian: 1990-იანები (1990-ianebi), 1990-იანი წლები (1990-iani c̣lebi), ათას ცხრაას ოთხმოცდაათიანი წლები (atas cxraas otxmocdaatiani c̣lebi), ოთხმოცდაათიანები (otxmocdaatianebi)
• German: neunziger Jahre n pl, Neunziger pl, Neunzigerjahre n pl, 90er Jahre n pl
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• Hungarian: kilencvenes évek
• Japanese: 九十年代 (kyūjūnendai), 90年代 (kyūjūnendai)
• Korean: 90년대 (gusimnyeondae)
• Polish: lata dziewięćdziesiąte pl; lata 90. pl
• Russian: десятиле́тие девяно́стых годо́в n (desjatilétije devjanóstyx godóv)
• Spanish: años noventa m pl, los noventa m pl
• Swedish: nittiotal (sv) n, 90-tal n

See also

decades in English (edit)

• nonagenarian

Anagrams

• Einstein, einstein

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French

Noun

nineties f pl (plural only)

1. nineties (decade)