nine

English Online Dictionary. What means nine‎? What does nine mean?

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Nine, NINE
• niner (England)

Etymology

Borrowed from English nine.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nine

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

   Synonym: novenine (ITU/IMO)

References

English

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/, [naɪ̯n]
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Numeral

nine

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

Related terms

• ninth
• ninther

Translations

See also

• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

nine (plural nines)

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.).

5. (baseball) A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
   • 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:

     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.

Synonyms

• Roman numerals: IX

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References

Anagrams

• inne

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• nin, nüün

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/

Numeral

nine

1. (Alsatian) nine

Middle English

Numeral

nine

1. Alternative form of nyne

Mongghul

Adjective

nine

1. female

See also

• yiri (“woman, wife”)

Scots

Alternative forms

• neen, nyn, nyne

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”).

Numeral

nine

1. nine

References

• “nine, adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 4 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] 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[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronoun

niné

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

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ni‧ne

Noun

nine (definite accusative nineyi, plural nineler)

1. grandmother

Declension

See also

• büyükanne, anneanne, babaanne

Further reading

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