nonagénaire
French, noun/nɔ.na.ʒe.nɛʁ/
nonagénaire is a French feminine noun meaning “nonagenarian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne âgée de 90 ans ou environ”.
What does nonagénaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
nonagenarian
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est âgé de 90 ans ou environ.
noun: 1. Personne âgée de 90 ans ou environ.
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.
Forms of nonagénaire
- nonagénaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nonagénaire?
- /nɔ.na.ʒe.nɛʁ/
- \nɔ.na.ʒe.nɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nonagénaire in French?
nonagénaire appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).