ninety-nine

English

**English numbers ^(edit)**
← 98	99	100 →
Cardinal: ninety-nine Ordinal: ninety-ninth Adverbial: ninety-nine times

Pronunciation

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Numeral

ninety-nine

The cardinal number immediately following ninety-eight and preceding one hundred.

Synonyms

Arabic numerals: 99
Roman numerals: XCIX

Translations

cardinal number 99

Arabic: تِسْعَة وَتِسْعُيون (tisʕa wa-tisʕūn)
Armenian: իննսունինը (innsuninə)
Azerbaijani: doxsan doqquz (az)
Basque: laurogeita hemeretzi (eu)
Belarusian: дзевяно́ста дзе́вяць (dzjevjanósta dzjévjacʹ)
Bengali: নিরানব্বই (bn) (niranbboi)
Breton: naontek ha pevar-ugent
Catalan: noranta-nou (ca)
Cherokee: ᏐᏁᎳᏍᎪ ᏐᏁᎳ (sonelasgo sonela)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 九十九 (zh) (jiǔshíjiǔ)
Cornish: nownsek ha peswar ugens
Danish: nioghalvfems
Dutch: negenennegentig (nl)
Esperanto: naŭdek naŭ
Finnish: yhdeksänkymmentäyhdeksän
French: quatre-vingt-dix-neuf (fr), nonante-neuf (fr)
Galician: noventa e nove (gl)
Georgian: ოთხმოცდაცხრამეტი (otxmocdacxrameṭi)
German: neunundneunzig (de)
Greek: ενενήντα εννέα (enenínta ennéa)
Haitian Creole: katrevendiznèf
Hebrew: תשעים־ותשעה (tiším və-téyša)
Hindi: निन्यानवे (hi) (ninyānve)
Hungarian: kilencvenkilenc (hu)
Icelandic: nítíuogníu
Italian: novantanove (it)
Japanese: 九十九 (kyūjūkyū), 九十九 (tsukumo)
Korean: 아흔 아홉 (aheun ahop), 구십구 (ko) (gusipgu)
Lao: ເກົ້າສິບເກົ້າ (kao sip kao)
Latin: ūndēcentum (la)
Lithuanian: devyniasdešimt devyni
Lombard: novanta-neuv
Malay: sembilan puluh sembilan
Malayalam: തൊണ്ണൂറ്റൊമ്പത് (toṇṇūṟṟompatŭ), തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിയൊമ്പത് (toṇṇūṟṟiyompatŭ)
Manx: kiare feed as nuy-jeig
Maori: iwa tekau mā iwa, iwa ngahuru mā iwa (older term)
Navajo: náhástʼédiin dóó baʼąą náhástʼéí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nittini

Nynorsk: nittini
Old English: nigon and hundnigontiġ
Polish: dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięć
Portuguese: noventa e nove (pt)
Russian: девяно́сто де́вять (ru) (devjanósto dévjatʹ)
Sanskrit: नवनवति (sa) (navanavati), एकोनशत (ekonaśata)
Spanish: noventa y nueve
Swahili: tisini na tisa
Swedish: nittionio (sv)
Tok Pisin: nainpela ten nain
Turkish: doksan dokuz
Ukrainian: дев'яно́сто де́в'ять (devʺjanósto dévʺjatʹ)
Vietnamese: chín mươi chín
Welsh: naw deg naw m or f, pedwar ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain m, pedair ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain f, cant namyn un m or f
Yup'ik: yuinaat cetaman qula qulngunritaraan

Noun

ninety-nine (countable and uncountable, plural ninety-nines)

(countable) A traditional British ice cream cone with a flaky chocolate bar inserted, usually made with soft serve.
(uncountable) A simple card game with a running total, players dropping out if they would be forced to bring the total above ninety-nine.

Synonyms

(ice-cream cone): 99 Flake

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