LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
numeral

nōnāgintā

nōnāgintā (indeclinable)
Classical[noː.naːˈɡɪn.taː]Ecclesiastical[no.naˈd͡ʒin.ta]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. indeclinableninety; 90

nōnāgintā,
I. num. adj., ninety: nonaginta annos natus, Cic. Sen. 10, 34; Aus. Ep. 5, 5.

Origins

From earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Italic *nounāgəmtā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥dḱomt. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐνενήκοντα (enenḗkonta).

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalannoranta
  • Catalannonanta
  • Occitannonanta
Insular Romance
  • Sardiniannonanta
  • Sardiniannoranta
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchnonante
  • Franco-Provençalnonanta
  • Franco-Provençalnouranta
  • Normannénante
  • Walloonnonante
Padanian
  • Emiliannonanta
  • Friuliannonante
  • Ladinnonanta
  • Lombardnonanta
  • Lombardnoranta
  • Piedmontesenoranta
  • Romanshnonaunta
  • Venetannonanta
Elsewhere
  • Vulgar Latin*nōvāgintā

In English words that came into English from nōnāgintā

  • nonagenariannōnāgēnārius

Quick answers

What does nōnāgintā mean in Latin?
nōnāgintā, a numeral, means “ninety; 90”.
How do you pronounce nōnāgintā?
In classical Latin, [noː.naːˈɡɪn.taː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [no.naˈd͡ʒin.ta].