nine
Translingual
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| Signal flag for the digit 9 |
Alternative forms
- niner (English)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnai̯na][1]
Noun
nine
- (international standards) NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet clear code for the digit 9.
- Synonym: novenine (ITU/IMO)
English
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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
From Middle English nyne, nine, from Old English nigon, from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: nīn, IPA(key): /naɪn/, [naɪ̯n]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪn
Numeral
nine
Related terms
- ninth
- ninther
Translations
cardinal number
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See also
- Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
Noun
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
Derived terms
- 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-masted
- nine men's morris
- 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
- twenty-nine
- Wallace rule of nines
Translations
the digit or figure 9
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card with nine pips
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See also
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References
- Peter Morris,
- A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks, pp. 411–412
Anagrams
Alemannic German
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Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈninə/
Middle English
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English nyne, from Old English niġon, in turn from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəin/, /nin/
References
- Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *niná.
Turkish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ni‧ne
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “nine”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
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