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Translingual
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| Signal flag for the digit 9 |
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nine
- (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 9.
- Synonym: novenine (ITU/IMO)
References
- ^ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status, 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, 2001 October, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1
English
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| Cardinal: nine Ordinal: ninth Latinate ordinal: nonary Adverbial: nine times Multiplier: ninefold Latinate multiplier: nonuple Group collective: ninesome Multipart 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 (“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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: nīn, IPA(key): /naɪn/,
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪn
Numeral
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
Translations
cardinal number
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set or group with nine components
See also
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).
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- all sixes and nines
- a stitch in time saves nine
- back 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
- four-and-nine
- front nine
- grade nine
- knicky-knocky-nine-doors
- my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas
- my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
- my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas
- 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 Mile
- nine night
- 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
the digit or figure 9
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card with nine pips
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
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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
| 9 | Previous: | acht |
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| Next: | zää |
Alternative forms
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
Numeral
nine
Middle English
Numeral
nine
- Alternative form of nyne
Mongghul
Adjective
nine
See also
Scots
| < 8 | 9 | 10 > |
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| Cardinal : nine | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English nyne, from Old English niġon, in turn from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
Pronunciation
Numeral
nine
References
- Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *niná.
Pronoun
niné
- you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.
Turkish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ni‧ne
Audio (file)
Noun
nine (definite accusative nineyi, plural nineler)
Declension
| 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
Further reading
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “nine”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı