ninety-nine

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ninety-nine

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

    Similar: 99, XCIX

noun ninety-nines

  1. countable A traditional British ice cream cone with a flaky chocolate bar inserted, usually made with soft serve.

    Similar: 99 Flake

  2. uncountable A simple card game with a running total, players dropping out if they would be forced to bring the total above ninety-nine.

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num cardinal number 99

Españolnoventa y nueve
한국어아흔아홉 aheunahop, 구십구 gusipgu
日本語九十九 kyūjūkyū, 九十九 tsukumo
中文九十九 jiǔshíjiǔ
हिन्दीनिन्यानवे ninyānve
Kiswahilitisini na tisa
Portuguêsnoventa e nove
Françaisquatre-vingt-dix-neuf, nonante-neuf
Deutschneunundneunzig
Italianonovantanove
Ελληνικάενενήντα εννέα enenínta ennéa
Русскийдевяно́сто де́вять devjanósto dévjatʹ
Tiếng Việtchín mươi chín
العربيةتِسْعَة وَتِسْعُيون tisʕa wa-tisʕūn
עבריתתשעים ותשע tišʻim ve-tišaʻ

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@misc{ninety_nine_2026,
  title = {ninety-nine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ninety-nine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}