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nonagenarian

 
Dictionary: non·a·ge·nar·i·an   (nŏn'ə-jə-nâr'ē-ən, nō'nə-) pronunciation
n.
A person 90 years old or between 90 and 100 years old.

[From Latin nōnāgēnārius, from nōnāgēnī, ninety each, from nōnāgintā, ninety : nōnus, ninth; see nona- + -gintā, ten times.]

nonagenarian non'a·ge·nar'i·an adj.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone whose age is in the nineties


The adjective nonagenarian has one meaning:

Meaning #1: being from 90 to 99 years old


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - halvfemsindstyveårig, én der er i halvfemserne

Nederlands (Dutch)
90-99-jarige, in de negentig

Français (French)
n. - nonagénaire
adj. - nonagénaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - neunzigjährig, in den Neunzigern
n. - Neunzigjähriger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n., -
adj. - ενενηντάρης, ενενηκοντούτης

Italiano (Italian)
nonagenario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nonagenário (m)
adj. - nonagenário

Русский (Russian)
девяностолетний

Español (Spanish)
n. - nonagenario, persona de más de noventa años
adj. - nonagenario

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - 90-99 åring
adj. - 90-99 årig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
九十多岁的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 九十多歲的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 90대의 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 90歳代の, 90歳の
n. - 90歳代の人, 90歳の人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص في التسعينات من العمر (صفه) تسعيني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדם בשנות התשעים שלו‬


 
 
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