undenonaginta

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

←  88	LXXXIX 89	90  →
Cardinal: ūndēnōnāgintā     Ordinal: ūndēnōnāgēsimus

Alternative forms

• Symbol: LXXXIX

Etymology

Literally "one from ninety"; ūnus (“one”) + dē (“from”) + nōnāgintā (“ninety”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uːn.deː.noː.naːˈɡin.taː/, [uːn̪d̪eːnoːnäːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /un.de.no.naˈd͡ʒin.ta/, [un̪d̪enonäˈd͡ʒin̪t̪ä]

Numeral

ūndēnōnāgintā (indeclinable)

1. eighty-nine; 89

Usage notes

Although ūndēnōnāgintā is the usual expression for 89, it is also possible to say octōgintā novem (“eighty-nine”) or novem et octōgintā (“nine and eighty”).

Related terms

• duodēnōnāgintā
• nōnāgintā

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• “undenonaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “undenonaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• undenonaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.