Soixantedixneuf

Soixantedixneuf is the French word for the number ninety-nine. It is formed by combining "soixante" (sixty), "dix" (ten), and "neuf" (nine). This additive construction, where numbers are built by combining smaller units, is characteristic of the French numeral system, particularly for numbers above sixty. The direct translation of soixantedixneuf is literally "sixty-ten-nine." It follows the pattern established by soixante-dix (seventy) and soixante-et-onze (seventy-one), and continues through soixante-dix-neuf. In contrast to some other languages that have single words for higher numbers, French retains these compound forms. Soixantedixneuf is the largest number expressed using this "sixty plus" construction before transitioning to the "quatre-vingt" (four-twenties) system for numbers ninety and above, with quatre-vingt-dix (ninety) being the next number.