nonante

French

French cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nonante     Ordinal : nonantième

Etymology

From Old French nonante, from Latin nōnāgintā, from earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt (“nine tens”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.nɑ̃t/

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Numeral

nonante

1. (Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety

   Il a attendu nonante minutes. - He waited for ninety minutes.

Synonyms

• quatre-vingt-dix (France, Québec)

Related terms

• neuf

See also

• septante, Septante
• huitante
• octante

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• entonna

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin nōnāgintā.

Numeral

nonante

1. ninety

Related terms

• nûf

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin nōnāgintā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noˈnantə/

Numeral

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nonante

1. ninety

Related terms

• nuef

Descendants

• French: nonante
• Walloon: nonante

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French nonante, from Latin nōnāgintā.

Numeral

nonante

1. ninety

Related terms

• noûf