nine

Signal flag for the digit 9

• Nine, NINE
• niner (England)

Borrowed from English nine.

• IPA^(key): , like niner (nonrhotic)^[1]

nine

1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 9.

   Synonym: novenine (ITU/IMO)

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From Middle English nyne, nine, from Old English nigon (“nine”), from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Scots neen, nine (“nine”), Saterland Frisian njúgen (“nine”), West Frisian njoggen (“nine”), Dutch negen (“nine”), German Low German negen (“nine”), German neun (“nine”), Danish ni (“nine”), Swedish nio (“nine”), Icelandic níu (“nine”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun, “nine”), Latin novem (“nine”), Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”), Sanskrit नवन् (navan, “nine”).

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: nīn, IPA^(key): /naɪn/,

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

nine

1. A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
2. Describing a group or set with nine elements.

   A cat has nine lives.

• ninth
• ninther

• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

nine (plural nines)

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1. The digit or figure 9.
2. (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
3. (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
4. (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.

5. (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.

• Roman numerals: IX

• Previous: eight (8)
• Next: ten (10)

Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
ace	deuce, two	three	four	five	six	seven
eight	nine	ten	jack, knave	queen	king	joker

• inne

• nin, nüün

From Middle High German niun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with German neun, Dutch negen, English nine, Icelandic níu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈninə/

nine

1. (Alsatian) nine

nine

1. Alternative form of nyne

nine

1. female

   nine kun

   woman

• yiri (“woman, wife”)

• neen, nyn, nyne

From Middle English nyne, nine, from Old English nigon (“nine”), from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”).

nine

1. nine

• “nine, adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 4 June 2024, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
• “nyn, num.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 4 June 2024, reproduced from William A Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

niné

1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

possibly from baby talk. compare Persian ننه (“mother, grandmother”), Azerbaijani nənə (“grandmother”), Turkmen näne (“mother”) and Chinese 奶奶 (“paternal grandmother”).

• Hyphenation: ni‧ne

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nine (definite accusative nineyi, plural nineler)

1. grandmother

• büyükanne, anneanne, babaanne

• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “nine”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı