nonante
French
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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
- (Switzerland, Belgium, Congo, Rwanda, Acadian) ninety
- Il a attendu nonante minutes. - He waited for ninety minutes.
Synonyms
- quatre-vingt-dix (France, Québec)
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Further reading
- “nonante” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
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