Ninety
(numeral)
The number equal to nine times ten, represented in Roman numerals as XC.
Origin:
From middle english ninety, ninti, from old english nigontig, from proto-germanic *niwuntehun.
Examples:
- My grandmother lived to be ninety years old.
- The temperature reached ninety degrees Fahrenheit.
- The hotel room costs ninety dollars per night.
- Ninety percent of the population has access to clean drinking water.
- The highway speed limit is ninety kilometers per hour.