different between ninety vs ninetyfold

English

Etymology

From Middle English nynety, ninty, nineti, nigneti, from Old English hundni?onti?, from Proto-Germanic *newunt?hund? (“ninety”), equivalent to nine +? -ty. Cognate with Scots nynty, nynety (“ninety”), Saterland Frisian njuugentich (“ninety”), West Frisian njoggentich (“ninety”), Dutch negentig (“ninety”), German Low German negentig (“ninety”), German neunzig (“ninety”), Swedish nittio (“ninety”), Norwegian Bokmål nitti (“ninety”), Norwegian Nynorsk nitti (“ninety”), Icelandic níutíu (“ninety”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?na?n.ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?na?n.di/, /?na?n.ti/

Numeral

ninety

1. The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.

Synonyms

• Arabic numerals: 90
• Roman numerals: XC

Related terms

• Ordinal: ninetieth

Translations

See also

• Last: eighty-nine, eighty
• Next: ninety-one, hundred

Anagrams

• Tinney

English

Etymology

ninety +? -fold

Adjective

ninetyfold (not comparable)

1. By a factor of ninety.

Adverb

ninetyfold (not comparable)

1. By a factor of ninety.