kilencvenes

Hungarian

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Cardinal: kilencven     Nominal: kilencvenes     Ordinal: kilencvenedik     A.o.: kilencvenedszer, kilencvenedjére     Adverbial: kilencvenszer     Multiplier: kilencvenszeres     Distributive: kilencvenesével     Fractional: kilencvened     Number of people: kilencvenen

Alternative forms

• 90-es

Etymology

kilencven (“ninety”) +‎ -es (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkilɛnt͡svɛnɛʃ]
• Hyphenation: ki‧lenc‧ve‧nes
• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective

kilencvenes (not comparable)

1. the number ninety

   a kilencvenes szoba ― room number ninety

2. ninety-something-year-old, nonagenarian

   egy kilencvenes férfi ― a man in his nineties

3. Ellipsis of 1990-es., nineties

   a kilencvenes években ― in the nineties

Usage notes

The following nominal numerals (adjectives or nouns), coined from numerals (with the suffix -s/-os/-as/-es/-ös in Hungarian), refer to items designated with a specific number, such as No. 1, No. 2 etc. (as opposed to 1st, 2nd etc.). Question word: hányas? Examples:

• (single digits) pronounced names or symbols of numbers: nullás (0-s), egyes (1-es), kettes (2-es), hármas (3-as), négyes (4-es), ötös (5-ös), hatos (6-os), hetes (7-es), nyolcas (8-as), kilences (9-es)
• (usually 1–300, 900–999) public transport lines (e.g. négyes-hatos)
• numbered seats, rooms, cubicles, or other compartments
• motorways, highways, e.g. hatvanhatos út (“Route 66”)
• school grades: egyes (“F”), kettes (“D”), hármas (“C”), négyes (“B”), ötös (“A”)
• (multiples of 1, 2, 5) coins: ötös, tízes, húszas​―​colloquially also for thousand bills―, ötvenes, százas, kétszázas; bills: ötszázas, ezres, kétezres, ötezres, tízezres, húszezres
• (tens) decades in a century, e.g. 1970-es, 1980-as, 1990-es, 2000-es, 2010-es, 2020-as (… évek ’years’)
• (tens) decades of a person’s age: tízes (10-es), húszas (20-as), harmincas (30-as), negyvenes (40-es), ötvenes (50-es), hatvanas (60-as), hetvenes (70-es), nyolcvanas (80-as), kilencvenes (90-es)
• packages or sets with a given number of items
• (small numbers, up to 4 or 5) groups of people
• (round numbers) orders of magnitude: tízes, százas, ezres, tízezres, százezres, milliós, milliárdos, billiós, etc.
• numerical systems: kettes, tízes, tizenhatos (16-os), etc.
• (between 0 and 59) trains, coaches, and flights departing or arriving at some time, attached to the number of minutes
• people or groups identified by symbolic dates and other numerals: huszon­nyolcas, harminc­kettes, negyven­nyolcas, ötven­hatos, hatvan­nyolcas, nyolcvan­kilences

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kilencvenes	kilencvenesek
accusative	kilencveneset	kilencveneseket
dative	kilencvenesnek	kilencveneseknek
instrumental	kilencvenessel	kilencvenesekkel
causal-final	kilencvenesért	kilencvenesekért
translative	kilencvenessé	kilencvenesekké
terminative	kilencvenesig	kilencvenesekig
essive-formal	kilencvenesként	kilencvenesekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kilencvenesben	kilencvenesekben
superessive	kilencvenesen	kilencveneseken
adessive	kilencvenesnél	kilencveneseknél
illative	kilencvenesbe	kilencvenesekbe
sublative	kilencvenesre	kilencvenesekre
allative	kilencveneshez	kilencvenesekhez
elative	kilencvenesből	kilencvenesekből
delative	kilencvenesről	kilencvenesekről
ablative	kilencvenestől	kilencvenesektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	kilencvenesé	kilencveneseké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kilencveneséi	kilencvenesekéi

Noun

kilencvenes (plural kilencvenesek)

1. nonagenarian

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kilencvenes	kilencvenesek
accusative	kilencvenest	kilencveneseket
dative	kilencvenesnek	kilencveneseknek
instrumental	kilencvenessel	kilencvenesekkel
causal-final	kilencvenesért	kilencvenesekért
translative	kilencvenessé	kilencvenesekké
terminative	kilencvenesig	kilencvenesekig
essive-formal	kilencvenesként	kilencvenesekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kilencvenesben	kilencvenesekben
superessive	kilencvenesen	kilencveneseken
adessive	kilencvenesnél	kilencveneseknél
illative	kilencvenesbe	kilencvenesekbe
sublative	kilencvenesre	kilencvenesekre
allative	kilencveneshez	kilencvenesekhez
elative	kilencvenesből	kilencvenesekből
delative	kilencvenesről	kilencvenesekről
ablative	kilencvenestől	kilencvenesektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	kilencvenesé	kilencveneseké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kilencveneséi	kilencvenesekéi

Possessive forms of kilencvenes
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kilencvenesem	kilencveneseim
2nd person sing.	kilencvenesed	kilencveneseid
3rd person sing.	kilencvenese	kilencvenesei
1st person plural	kilencvenesünk	kilencveneseink
2nd person plural	kilencvenesetek	kilencveneseitek
3rd person plural	kilencvenesük	kilencveneseik

Further reading

• kilencvenes in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN