"nonagenarian" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈˌnɑnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛriən/ [General-American], /ˈˌnoʊnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛriən/ [General-American], /ˌnɒnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛːrɪən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌnəʊnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛːrɪən/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: From Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing ninety”) + -an (“forming adjectives and representative nouns”), either directly or via French nonagénaire, from nōnāgēnī (“ninety each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, ninety”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|nōnāgēnārius||containing ninety}} Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing ninety”), {{m|en|-an||forming adjectives and representative nouns}} -an (“forming adjectives and representative nouns”), {{der|en|fr|nonagénaire}} French nonagénaire, {{m|la|nōnāgēnus|nōnāgēnī|ninety each}} nōnāgēnī (“ninety each”), {{m|la|-ārius||-ary}} -ārius (“-ary”), {{m|la|nōnāginta||nine tens, ninety}} nōnāginta (“nine tens, ninety”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nonagenarian (not comparable)
  1. Of or related to ninetysomethings. Tags: not-comparable Translations (related to ninetysomething year olds): kilencvenes (éveiben járó) (Hungarian), kilencvenvalahány éves (Hungarian), kilencvenedik születésnapját betöltött (Hungarian), níræður (Icelandic), nírœðr (Old Norse)
    Sense id: en-nonagenarian-en-adj--V4qOIZ5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with nona-, English terms suffixed with -arian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with nona-: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -arian: 82 18

Noun

IPA: /ˈˌnɑnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛriən/ [General-American], /ˈˌnoʊnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛriən/ [General-American], /ˌnɒnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛːrɪən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌnəʊnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛːrɪən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: nonagenarians [plural]
Etymology: From Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing ninety”) + -an (“forming adjectives and representative nouns”), either directly or via French nonagénaire, from nōnāgēnī (“ninety each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, ninety”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|nōnāgēnārius||containing ninety}} Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing ninety”), {{m|en|-an||forming adjectives and representative nouns}} -an (“forming adjectives and representative nouns”), {{der|en|fr|nonagénaire}} French nonagénaire, {{m|la|nōnāgēnus|nōnāgēnī|ninety each}} nōnāgēnī (“ninety each”), {{m|la|-ārius||-ary}} -ārius (“-ary”), {{m|la|nōnāginta||nine tens, ninety}} nōnāginta (“nine tens, ninety”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonagenarian (plural nonagenarians)
  1. Synonym of ninetysomething: a person between 90 and 99 years old. Categories (topical): Age, Gerontology, Ninety, People Synonyms: ninetysomething [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-nonagenarian-en-noun-kTfwRNpl Disambiguation of Age: 0 100 Disambiguation of Gerontology: 30 70 Disambiguation of Ninety: 32 68 Disambiguation of People: 1 99 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with nona- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with nona-: 54 46

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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "related to ninetysomething year olds",
      "word": "kilencvenedik születésnapját betöltött"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "related to ninetysomething year olds",
      "word": "níræður"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "related to ninetysomething year olds",
      "word": "nírœðr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nonagenarian"
}

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