nine
Translingual Edit
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| Signal flag for the digit 9 |
Alternative forms Edit
- niner (English)
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
nine
- (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling alphabet name) for the digit 9.
- Synonym: novenine (ITU/IMO)
References Edit
English Edit
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| Cardinal: nine Ordinal: ninth Latinate ordinal: nonary Adverbial: nine times Multiplier: ninefold Latinate multiplier: nonuple Collective: ninesome Multiuse collective: nonuplet Greek or Latinate collective: ennead, nonad Greek collective prefix: ennea- Latinate collective prefix: nona- Fractional: ninth Elemental: nonuplet Greek prefix: enato- Number of musicians: nonet Number of years: novennium | ||
Etymology Edit
From Middle English nyne, nine, from Old English nigon, from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
Pronunciation Edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: nīn, IPA(key): /naɪn/, [naɪ̯n]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪn
Numeral Edit
nine
- A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
- Describing a group or set with nine elements.
- A cat has nine lives.
Related terms Edit
Translations Edit
cardinal number
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set or group with nine components
See also Edit
Noun Edit
nine (plural nines)
- The digit or figure 9.
- (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
- (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
- (computing, engineering, usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
- They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.
- (baseball) A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
- 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:[1]
- The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.
- 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:[1]
Synonyms Edit
Coordinate terms Edit
Derived terms Edit
- all sixes and nines
- a stitch in time saves nine
- bent as a nine-bob note
- cast out nines
- cat-o-nine
- cat-o'-nine
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- cloud nine
- cloud number nine
- club nine
- dressed to the nines
- eighty-nine
- false nine
- feel nine feet tall
- fifty-nine
- five and nine
- five-nine
- forty-nine
- grade nine
- my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
- nicky-nicky-nine-doors
- nine ball
- nine-ball
- nine-banded armadillo
- nine bows
- nine-darter
- nine-dash line
- nine days wonder
- nine-day wonder, nine day wonder, nine days' wonder
- Nine Elms
- nine-eyes
- nine hundred
- nine-killer
- nine lives
- nine men's morris
- nine nine nine
- nine-nine-nine
- nine o'clock
- nine one one
- nine-one-one
- nine-point circle
- nine points circle
- nine-tenths
- nine thousand
- nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
- nine-timer
- nine times out of ten
- nine-to-five
- nine to five
- nine-to-fiver
- ninety-nine
- nine while five
- number nine
- on cloud nine
- one and nines
- over nine thousand
- possession is nine points of the law
- possession is nine-tenths of the law
- seventy-nine
- sixes and nines
- sixty-nine
- star sixty-nine
- star-sixty-nine
- the whole nine yards
- thirty-nine
- to the nines
- triple nine
- twenty-nine
- Wallace rule of nines
Translations Edit
the digit or figure 9
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card with nine pips
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References Edit
- ^ Peter Morris,
- A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks, pp. 411–412
Anagrams Edit
Alemannic German Edit
| 9 | Previous: | acht |
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| Next: | zää |
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle High German niun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with German neun, Dutch negen, English nine, Icelandic níu.
Pronunciation Edit
Numeral Edit
nine
- (Alsatian) nine
Middle English Edit
Numeral Edit
nine
- Alternative form of nyne
Mongghul Edit
Adjective Edit
nine
See also Edit
Scots Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle English nyne, from Old English niġon, in turn from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
Pronunciation Edit
Numeral Edit
| 9 | Previous: | aicht |
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| Next: | ten |
nine
References Edit
- Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Swazi Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Nguni *niná.
Pronoun Edit
niné
- you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.
Turkish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- Hyphenation: ni‧ne
Noun Edit
nine (definite accusative nineyi, plural nineler)
Declension Edit
| Inflection | ||
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| Nominative | nine | |
| Definite accusative | nineyi | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | nine | nineler |
| Definite accusative | nineyi | nineleri |
| Dative | nineye | ninelere |
| Locative | ninede | ninelerde |
| Ablative | nineden | ninelerden |
| Genitive | ninenin | ninelerin |
See also Edit
Further reading Edit
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “nine”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı