nineties
French, noun\najn.tiz\
nineties is spelled N-I-N-E-T-I-E-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nineties is a French feminine noun meaning “nineties (decade)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Décennie des années 1990”.
What does nineties mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenineties (decade)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Décennie des années 1990.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce nineties?
- \najn.tiz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nineties in French?
nineties appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).