Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ninty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: nin-ty
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

num

Misspelling of ninety.

name

The video game company Nintendo.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Ninty have missed the boat this Xmas in the 20 something bracket, Starfox Adventures is not going to convince people to buy a gamecube."
"With the Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance systems, 'Ninty' had lorded it over the competition […]"
"Certainly, hearing that the 'Queues to get just 20 minutes with the shiny new Ninty handheld stretched for hours' reassure us that even games journalists at trade shows with copy deadlines are prepared to wait in line for their few minutes with the new device […]"

Etymology

Diminutive with -y.

Usage

Slang

Questions

What does ninty mean?: Misspelling of ninety.
Where does ninty come from?: Diminutive with -y.

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