niner

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English

Etymology

(1): From nine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

niner (plural niners)

  1. (informal) Something nine inches long. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (in the singular) The digit 9 in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Usage notes

In the NATO phonetic alphabet, the two-syllable pronunciation avoids confusion with five and nein. The spelling, however, remains nine.

References

  1. ^ “niner”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ Estival, Dominique, Farris, Candace, Molesworth, Brett (2016) Aviation English: A lingua franca for pilots and air traffic controllers, →ISBN, page 16

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