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Definition: Ninety-six |
Ninety-sixAdjective1. Being six more than ninety. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ninety-six" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
Synonym: Ninety-sixSynonym: xcvi (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Australia | In volume terms, ninety-nine percent of its imports arrive by sea and ninety-six percent of its exports leave by waterborne transport. (references) |
Political Rights | Cameroon | Ninety-six contests in which the Government declared the ruling party candidate the winner were appealed to the Supreme Court, which declared itself unqualified to adjudicate many of these complaints, but nullified the results of 18 elections, which it ordered the Government to hold again. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Ninety-six percent of all American taxpayers will see their taxes go down. |
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| "Ninety-six" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ninety-six" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Cardinal Number | 100% | 43 | 52,181 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ninety-six": nineteen-ninety-six. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ninety-six"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 九十六. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | inety-sixnay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 52, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai hsan ai roai enenhkonta ex to en meroV kai hsan ai pasai roai epi tou diktuou kuklw ekaton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nonaginta sex dependentia omnia mala granata centum retiaculis circumdabantur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And ther weren nynty poumgarnetes and sixe hangende, and alle the poumgarnetus weren cumpassid with an hundrid litil nettus. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the net-work were a hundred on all sides. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | There were ninety-six apples on the outside; the number of apples all round the network was a hundred. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 52, Verse 23 |
| Bulgarian | Имаше деветдесет и шест нарове на четирите страни; всичките нарове, които бяха върху мрежата наоколо бяха сто. |
| Cebuano | Ug dihay kasiyaman ug unom ka mga granada sa mga kilid; ang tanang mga granada sa rihas may usa ka gatus nga nanaglibut. |
| Chinese | 柱 子 四 面 有 九 十 六 個 石 榴 ． 在 網 子 周 圍 、 共 有 一 百 石 榴 。 |
| Croatian | A devedeset i šest šipaka slobodno je visjelo. Sve u svemu bijaše oko sto šipaka u tom opletu. |
| Danish | Og der var seks og halvfemsindstyve Granatæbler, som hang frit; der var i alt hundrede Granatæbler rundt om Fletværket. |
| Dutch | En de granaatappelen waren zes en negentig, gezet naar den wind; alle granaatappelen waren honderd, over het net rondom. |
| Finnish | Granaattiomenia oli yhdeksänkymmentä kuusi ulospäin; kaikkiaan oli granaattiomenia sata ristikkokoristeen päällä yltympäri. |
| French | Il y avait quatre-vingt-seize grenades de chaque côté, et toutes les grenades autour du treillis étaient au nombre de cent. |
| German | Es waren der Granatäpfel sechsundneunzig daran, und aller Granatäpfel waren hundert an einem Gitterwerk rings umher. |
| Haitian Creole | Sou wonn tèt poto yo te gen san grenad antou, men antan ou anba ou te ka wè katrevensèz grenad sèlman. |
| Hungarian | A gránátalma pedig kilenczvenhat vala kifelé, összesen száz gránátalma vala a hálón felül köröskörül. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Buah delima pada anyaman di setiap kepala tiang itu ada seratus, tapi hanya sembilan puluh enam yang kelihatan dari bawah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka banyak delima itu sembilan puluh enam buah arah keempat mata angin; jumlah segala delima itu seratus buah pada jala-jala itu berkeliling. |
| Italian | Le melagrane erano novantasei; tutte le melagrane intorno al reticolato ammontavano a cento. |
| Korean | 그 사 면 에 있 " 석 류 " 구 십 륙 이 " 그 기 둥 에 둘 린 그 물 위 에 있 " 석 류 " 도 합 이 일 백 이 었 " 라 |
| Maori | Na e iwa tekau ma ono nga pamekaranete o nga taha; a ko nga pamekaranete katoa i te mea i whiria, kotahi te rau, a whawhe noa. |
| Modern Greek | Και ησαν ενενηκοντα εξ ροδια κρεμαμενα· παντα τα ροδια τα επι του δικτυωτου ησαν εκατον κυκλω. |
| Norwegian | Og granateplene var seks og nitti, som vendte utad; alle granateplene var hundre ved nettverket rundt omkring. |
| Portuguese | E havia noventa e seis romãs aos lados; as romãs todas, sobre a rede ao redor eram cem. |
| Rumanian | Erau nouqzeci wi wase de rodii de fiecare parte, wi toate rodiile dimprejurul reyelei erau kn numqr de o sutq. |
| Russian | зТБОБФПЧЩИ С'МПЛПЧ 'ЩМП П ЧУЕН УФПТПОБН "ЕЧСОПУФП ЫЕУФШ; ЧУЕИ С'МПЛПЧ ЧПЛТХЗ УЕФЛЙ УФП. |
| Spanish | Había 96 granadas en cada hilera. Todas ellas sumaban 100, encima y alrededor de la red. |
| Swedish | Och granatäpplena voro nittiosex utåt; men tillsammans voro granat äpplena på nätverket runt omkring ett hundra. |
| Thai | ข้างๆมีลูกทับทิมเก้าสิบหกลูก บนตาข่ายโ"ยรอบนั้นมีลูกทับทิมทั้งหม"หนึ่งร้อยลูก |
| Ukrainian | І було гранатових яблук дев'ятдесят і шість на кожну сторону, усіх гранатових яблук на мережці навколо сто. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Ninety-six" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ninetysix. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-n-n-s-t-x-y" | |
-2 letters: intines. | |
-3 letters: intine, ninety, nixies, seniti, sennit, tennis. | |
-4 letters: exist, exits, inset, intis, neist, nines, nisei, nites, nixes, nixie, senti, sixte, sixty, stein, tines, tinny, tynes, xysti, yetis. | |
-5 letters: exit, inns, inti, nest, nets, next, nine, nisi, nite, nits, nixe, nixy, sent, sext, sexy, sine, site, snit, snye, stey, stye, syne, tens, ties, tine, tins, tiny, tyes, tyin, tyne, xyst, yens, yeti, yins. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-n-n-s-t-x-y" | |
+5 letters: extensionality. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 6E 65 74 79 2D 73 69 78 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110100 01111001 00101101 01110011 01101001 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i n e t y - s i x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 006E 0065 0074 0079 002D 0073 0069 0078 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48758071869115857590 |
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