Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ninety-eleven

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
nine-ty-eleven
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.

American usage; Informal

Etymology

From humorous use of eleven to continue counting the nineties.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ninety eleven (alternative) ninety-leven (alternative) ninety-'leven (alternative) ninety-leben (alternative)

Phrases

twenty-eleven thirty-eleven forty-eleven fifty-eleven sixty-eleven seventy-eleven eighty-eleven

Frequently Paired Words

twenty-eleven thirty-eleven forty-eleven fifty-eleven sixty-eleven seventy-eleven eighty-eleven

Synonyms

countless legion eighty-eleven eleventeen eleventy feelefold fifty-eleven forty-eleven manifold many manyfold morefold

Questions

What does ninety-eleven mean?
Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
Where does ninety-eleven come from?
From humorous use of eleven to continue counting the nineties.

How to pronounce ninety-eleven

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