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nine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /naɪn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [naɪ̯n] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• nīn (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

PIE word *h₁néwn̥ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Germanic *newunt Proto-Germanic *newun Proto-West Germanic *neun Proto-West Germanic *nigun Old English nigon Middle English nyn English nine From Middle English nyn, nyne, 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 नव (náva, “nine”).

Meanings

1. The digit or figure 9.
   • Indeed, if a number does not have nines, you can remove or add zeroes at the end of a biography to get another biography of the same number. 2008 March 2, Tanya Khovanova, “Autobiographical Numbers”, in arXiv, page 3:
2. A playing card with nine pips.
3. A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
   • Hiro risks turning on a small flashlight, uses it to rummage around the yatcht, picking up valuable stuff: a few bottles of (presumably) drinkable water, some food, extra ammunition for his nine. 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 359:
4. (plural-normally) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.), counting the number of digits nine in a percentage.
   • They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.
5. A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
   • 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

Forms

Coordinates

ten (Next) · eight (Previous)

Deriveds

nineish · nine-to-five · to the nines · seventy-nine · false nine · feel nine feet tall · nine one one · nine times out of ten · five-nine · Nine Elms · nine bows · nineholes · long nine · ninepin · ninepence · sixty-nine · five and nine · ninescore · my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas · possession is nine points of the law · nineplex · all sixes and nines · star sixty-nine · nine-day wonder · cloud nine · nine-dash line · nine o'clock · nine-eyes · ninebark · grade nine · thirty-nine · nine-pounder · nine night · the whole nine yards · nineling · front nine · nine figures · the whole nine miles · back nine · over nine thousand · cat-o'-nine · nine to five · cast out nines · nine hundred · bent as a nine-bob note · nine ways to Sunday · Wallace rule of nines · nine days' wonder · nine-nine-nine · nine-primaried oscine · nine ball · nine-ball · sixes and nines · nine-point circle · ninesies · nine-darter · knicky-knocky-nine-doors · ninety-nine · a stitch in time saves nine · twelve-nine · the full nine yards · possession is nine-tenths of the law · stanine · the switch in time that saved nine · nine day wonder · eighty-nine · nine-thousander · twenty-nine · nine-banded armadillo · nine while five · triple nine · nine points circle · ninepenny · fifty-nine · nine-nine-six · nine-killer · my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins · Nine Mile · cloud number nine · nine-to-fiver · number nine · nineness · club nine · nine nine nine · cat-o'-nine-tails · one and nines · nine men's morris · nine-one-one · on cloud nine · nine-timer · star-sixty-nine · four-and-nine · nine lives · cat-o-nine · dressed to the nines · nine-tenths · nicky-nicky-nine-doors · my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas · nine days wonder · nineteen · forty-nine

Synonyms

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Translations (42)

fi ysi (card with nine pips) · fr neuf (the digit or figure 9) · sw tisa (card with nine pips) · ru девя́тка (the digit or figure 9) · eo naŭo (card with nine pips) · pl dziewiątka (the digit or figure 9) · hy ինն (the digit or figure 9) · uk дев'ятка (card with nine pips) · mk деветка (the digit or figure 9) · gl nove (the digit or figure 9) · hu kilences (the digit or figure 9) · pl dziewiątka (card with nine pips) · mk деветка (card with nine pips) · ca nou (the digit or figure 9) · ml ഒൻപത് (the digit or figure 9) · lt devynetas (the digit or figure 9) · ja ナイン (the digit or figure 9) · izh yheksikkö (card with nine pips) · fi ysi (the digit or figure 9) · pt nove (the digit or figure 9) · be дзявя́тка (the digit or figure 9) · de Neun (the digit or figure 9) · sw tisa (the digit or figure 9) · ru девя́тка (card with nine pips) · fi yhdeksikkö (the digit or figure 9) · da nital (the digit or figure 9) · fo níggju (card with nine pips) · da nier (card with nine pips) · pt nove (card with nine pips) · ja 九 (the digit or figure 9) · hy ինը (the digit or figure 9) · ca nou (card with nine pips) · bg девятка (card with nine pips) · es nueve (the digit or figure 9) · it nove (the digit or figure 9) · eu bederatzi (the digit or figure 9) · cmn 九 (the digit or figure 9) · nl negen (the digit or figure 9) · fi yhdeksikkö (card with nine pips) · de Neun (card with nine pips) · srn neygi (the digit or figure 9) · ast nueve (the digit or figure 9)

nine en · NUM

Pronunciation

• /naɪn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [naɪ̯n] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• nīn (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

PIE word *h₁néwn̥ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Germanic *newunt Proto-Germanic *newun Proto-West Germanic *neun Proto-West Germanic *nigun Old English nigon Middle English nyn English nine From Middle English nyn, nyne, 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 नव (náva, “nine”).

Meanings

1. A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
   • Would they want me to vote my conscience or would they want us to unanimously go the whole nine yards, declare him sane and possibly have the trial end up in a death sentence? 2007, Thomas Mchenry, Along the Rails: A Juror's Journey, page 85:
   • Of course, for a number to have a biography, we need to assume that none of its digits are present more than nine times. 2008 March 2, Tanya Khovanova, “Autobiographical Numbers”, in arXiv, page 3, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
   • Tamunowari Tetenta, a 20-year-old mechanical engineering student, says he has attempted to register for his NIN on nine different occasions in Port Harcourt, a city southeast of Lagos. 2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021:
2. Describing a group or set with nine elements.
   • A cat has nine lives.

Relateds

ninth · Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages · ninther

Translations (453)

yai нав (cardinal number) · tmr תְּשַׁע (cardinal number) · kg vwa (cardinal number) · frr nüügen (cardinal number) · tuw-sol yəyin (cardinal number) · war siyam (cardinal number) · sc noe (cardinal number) · cv тӑххӑр (cardinal number) · enh eesaa (cardinal number) · frr njüügen (cardinal number) · nl negen (cardinal number) · zza new (diq) (cardinal number) · haw ʻeiwa (cardinal number) · wym naojn (cardinal number) · aho 𑜀𑜧 (cardinal number) · nv náhástʼéí (cardinal number) · kxd sambilan (cardinal number) · und Shi-Enin (cardinal number) · zh 九 (cardinal number) · sw tisa (set or group with nine components) · amw ܛܫܥܐ (cardinal number) · pt novena (set or group with nine components) · bg де́вет (cardinal number) · ilo siam (cardinal number) · nn ni (cardinal number) · tzj waxaqi (cardinal number) · ms selapan (cardinal number) · uz toʻqqiz (cardinal number) · eo naŭ (cardinal number) · ccc iskon (cardinal number) · lkt napčíyuŋka (cardinal number) · ain シネペサン (cardinal number) · btw siyam (cardinal number) · wbl naw (cardinal number) · unm pèshkunk (cardinal number) · mtm obtənasta (cardinal number) · ban siə (cardinal number) · el εννέα (cardinal number) · guw Ogoun. Shi'ènin (cardinal number) · tzm ⵜⵥⴰ (cardinal number) · tfn łq'ich'idi (cardinal number) · ruq noauă (cardinal number) · ca nou (cardinal number) · fi yhdeksän (cardinal number) · lb néng (cardinal number) · pag siam (cardinal number) · moe peikushteu (cardinal number) · gv nuy (cardinal number) · ckb نۆ (cardinal number) · mtm obtəńasta (cardinal number) · ms nawa (cardinal number) · pis naen (cardinal number) · te తొమ్మిది (cardinal number) · fur nûv (cardinal number) · gez ትስዑ (cardinal number) · sah тоҕус (cardinal number) · ko 구 (cardinal number) · ttj omwenda (set or group with nine components) · zh җю (cardinal number) · ko 나인 (cardinal number) · chn k'wayts (cardinal number) · tr dokuz (cardinal number) · mnp 九 (cardinal number) · zh 九 (cardinal number) · es nueve (cardinal number) · az doqquz (cardinal number) · ms سلاڤن (cardinal number) · mk девет (cardinal number) · mtq chỉn (cardinal number) · am ዘጠኝ (cardinal number) · ay llätunka (cardinal number) · wa noûf (cardinal number) · tg нуҳ (cardinal number) · ab жәба (cardinal number) · hak 九 (cardinal number) · bo དགུ (cardinal number) · bdk вичиб (cardinal number) · mi iwa (cardinal number) · ru девя́тка (set or group with nine components) · tly nəv (cardinal number) · uk де́в'ятеро (cardinal number) · ur نو (cardinal number) · ar تِسْعَة (cardinal number) · ii ꈬ (cardinal number) · ms سمبيلن (cardinal number) · et üheksa (cardinal number) · myv вейксэ (cardinal number) · cu девѧть (cardinal number) · bni libwa (cardinal number) · chk tiwechö (cardinal number) · ko 아홉 (cardinal number) · csm woˀé- (cardinal number) · be дзявя́цера (cardinal number) · ltg deveni (cardinal number) · mqs siwe (cardinal number) · mww cuaj (cardinal number) · duu dvgeu (cardinal number) · bsq mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-hĩinyɛ (cardinal number) · wo juróom ñeent (cardinal number) · ce исс (cardinal number) · as ন (cardinal number) · id sembilan (cardinal number) · xto ñu (cardinal number) · bdk вичид (cardinal number) · so sagaal (cardinal number) · ofs niūgun (cardinal number) · hu kilenc (cardinal number) · frr niigen (cardinal number) · lez кӏуьд (cardinal number) · kk тоғыз (cardinal number) · lt devynerios (set or group with nine components) · jra duapăn (cardinal number) · sk deväť (cardinal number) · niv ньыньбен (cardinal number) · ny sanu n'zinayi (cardinal number) · amw ܐܛܫܥ (cardinal number) · xlc 𐊏𐊒𐊏𐊗𐊀𐊗𐊀 (cardinal number) · swb shendra (cardinal number) · hil siyam (cardinal number) · arc ܬܫܥܐ (cardinal number) · la novem (cardinal number) · he תִּשְׁעָה (cardinal number) · hy ինն (cardinal number) · rgn növ (cardinal number) · sel-nor ukkir čaŋkitil' köt (cardinal number) · fa نُه (cardinal number) · akl siyam (cardinal number) · kaw sanga (cardinal number) · km ប្រាំបួន (cardinal number) · bcl siyam (cardinal number) · pl dziewięć (cardinal number) · ro nouă (cardinal number) · krl yhekšän (cardinal number) · ia nove (cardinal number) · mt disgħa (cardinal number) · ml ഒൻപത് (cardinal number) · ln libwa (cardinal number) · sv nio (cardinal number) · got 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (cardinal number) · oj zhaangaswi (cardinal number) · naq khoese (cardinal number) · udm укмыс (cardinal number) · mns-nor онтэллов (cardinal number) · enf нԑза (cardinal number) · ru де́вять (cardinal number) · ga naoi (cardinal number) · lt devyni (cardinal number) · th เก้า (cardinal number) · os фараст (cardinal number) · sro noi (cardinal number) · yao msano na mcheche (cardinal number) · bg девя́тка (set or group with nine components) · pap nuebe (cardinal number) · lld nuef (cardinal number) · mnw ဒစိတ် (cardinal number) · lij nêuve (cardinal number) · lad mueve (cardinal number) · gd naoinear (cardinal number) · mrw siyaw (cardinal number) · ne नौ (cardinal number) · xsr དགུ (cardinal number) · si නවය (cardinal number) · ckt ӄонъачгынкэн (cardinal number) · krc тогъуз (cardinal number) · kl arfineq-sisamat (cardinal number) · kl qulingiluat (cardinal number) · kbd бгъу (cardinal number) · kmr neh (cardinal number) · izh yheksän (cardinal number) · lic fauus (cardinal number) · sw tisa (cardinal number) · br nav (cardinal number) · rue де́вять (cardinal number) · ka ცხრა (cardinal number) · grc ἐννέα (cardinal number) · tmr תִּשְׁעָא (cardinal number) · cs devět (cardinal number) · aqc учӏ (cardinal number) · hsb dźewjeć (cardinal number) · uk де́в'ять (cardinal number) · kjh тоғыс (cardinal number) · vro ütessä (cardinal number) · ar تسعة (cardinal number) · mrv iva (cardinal number) · nah chiucnahui (cardinal number) · liv īdõks (cardinal number) · zu isishiyagalolunye (cardinal number) · chk tiu (cardinal number) · csb dzewiãc (cardinal number) · gld хуюн (cardinal number) · srn neigi (cardinal number) · xh lithoba (cardinal number) · mn ᠙ (cardinal number) · ru де́вятеро (cardinal number) · ms ناوا (cardinal number) · tsg siyam (cardinal number) · ttj mwenda (cardinal number) · shn ၵဝ်ႈ (cardinal number) · tk dokuz (cardinal number) · za gouj (cardinal number) · mkz siwa (cardinal number) · tl siyam (cardinal number) · ssy sagal (cardinal number) · sh devet (cardinal number) · abq жвба (cardinal number) · zag dîstî (cardinal number) · min sambilan (cardinal number) · sq nëntë (cardinal number) · aa sagáal (cardinal number) · nap nòve (cardinal number) · mg sivy (cardinal number) · rm nouv (cardinal number) · bi naen (cardinal number) · lmo neuv (cardinal number) · jv sanga (cardinal number) · wuu 九 (cardinal number) · wbp ɟaɻukutu (cardinal number) · xal йисн (cardinal number) · ta ஒன்பது (cardinal number) · tt тугыз (cardinal number) · su salapan (cardinal number) · enm nyn (cardinal number) · chk tiwemön (cardinal number) · ext nuevi (cardinal number) · lt devynios (cardinal number) · mzn نه (cardinal number) · pms neuv (cardinal number) · an nueu (cardinal number) · rap ka iva (cardinal number) · lo ເກົ້າ (cardinal number) · it nove (cardinal number) · ady бгъу (cardinal number) · shi tẓa (cardinal number) · srn neygi (cardinal number) · ttt nü (cardinal number) · rhg no (cardinal number) · sat ᱟᱨᱮ (cardinal number) · gl nove (cardinal number) · bua юһэн (cardinal number) · ja 九つ (cardinal number) · win hižąkicųšgųnį (cardinal number) · zku pauwa (cardinal number) · tyv тос (cardinal number) · mdh siaw (cardinal number) · my ကိုး (cardinal number) · zom kuo (cardinal number) · rup noauã (cardinal number) · ht nèf (cardinal number) · sh девет (cardinal number) · ill siyaw (cardinal number) · qu isgon (cardinal number) · tg нӯҳ (cardinal number) · kw naw (cardinal number) · tet sia (cardinal number) · dlm nu (cardinal number) · ta ஒம்பது (cardinal number) · pa ਨੌਂ (cardinal number) · or ନଅ (cardinal number) · xas amitun (cardinal number) · kmb ivua ria (cardinal number) · da ni (cardinal number) · tft sio (cardinal number) · mhn nai'n (cardinal number) · eve уюн (cardinal number) · chm индеше (cardinal number) · lv deviņi (cardinal number) · hop pept (cardinal number) · evn егин (cardinal number) · ti ትሽዓተ (cardinal number) · he תֵּשַׁע (cardinal number) · tvo sio (cardinal number) · rcf nèf (cardinal number) · chr ᏐᏁᎳ (cardinal number) · tdd ᥐᥝᥲ (cardinal number) · cy naw (cardinal number) · ak akron (cardinal number) · eu bederatzi (cardinal number) · kea novi (cardinal number) · gu નવ (cardinal number) · el θ΄ (cardinal number) · an nou (cardinal number) · rsk дзевец (cardinal number) · css pacqui (cardinal number) · esu qulngunritaraan (cardinal number) · oaa хују (cardinal number) · roa-tar nôve (cardinal number) · bn নয় (cardinal number) · mr नऊ (cardinal number) · stq njúgen (cardinal number) · sms ååuʹc (cardinal number) · nn nie (cardinal number) · ood hemuckam (cardinal number) · kr legar (cardinal number) · rom enia (cardinal number) · qu isqun (cardinal number) · ems qulnguyan (cardinal number) · apw góst'áí (cardinal number) · ca novena (set or group with nine components) · tig ስዕ (cardinal number) · ky тогуз (cardinal number) · ale sichiing (cardinal number) · sc nobe (cardinal number) · sid honse (cardinal number) · kpv ӧкмыс (cardinal number) · is níu (cardinal number) · te తొనిమిది (cardinal number) · blt ꪹꪀ꫁ꪱ (cardinal number) · cam bwö mu paa wön (cardinal number) · sip གུ (cardinal number) · pim kykeytawc (cardinal number) · se ovcci (cardinal number) · esu qulngunrita'ar (cardinal number) · dv ނުވަ (cardinal number) · glk نه (cardinal number) · cr kekâ-mitâtaht (cardinal number) · sm iva (cardinal number) · ps نهه (cardinal number) · rm nov (cardinal number) · grc θ΄ (cardinal number) · lv deviņas (cardinal number) · ksw ခွံ (cardinal number) · gug porundy (cardinal number) · mn ес (cardinal number) · alt тогус (cardinal number) · pdc nein (cardinal number) · aii ܬܸܫܥܵܐ (cardinal number) · ddg sife (cardinal number) · vep ühesa (cardinal number) · haw iwa (cardinal number) · nio ŋamiajt'ümə (cardinal number) · co novi (cardinal number) · dlg тогус (cardinal number) · pl dziewięcioro (cardinal number) · be дзе́вяць (cardinal number) · lus pakua (cardinal number) · xlu 𔒴𔗬 (cardinal number) · lmw kénnenhelak (cardinal number) · mbb siyew (cardinal number) · dje yegga (cardinal number) · ctd kua (cardinal number) · ty iva (cardinal number) · khb ᦂᧁᧉ (cardinal number) · kix lǖkāu (cardinal number) · txb ñu (cardinal number) · kl qulaaluat (cardinal number) · juc uyun (cardinal number) · mtm togos (cardinal number) · dsb źewjeś (cardinal number) · scn novi (cardinal number) · fo níggju (cardinal number) · aot chykhyw (cardinal number) · ceb siyam (cardinal number) · ja 九 (cardinal number) · yi נײַן (cardinal number) · kn ಒಂಬತ್ತು (cardinal number) · ak akrong (cardinal number) · om sagal (cardinal number) · mnc ᡠᠶᡠᠨ (cardinal number) · sl devét (cardinal number) · wao pawalákʰ (cardinal number) · lou nèf (preconsonantal) (cardinal number) · ccp 𑄚𑄧 (cardinal number) · fy njoggen (cardinal number) · nci chiucnāhui (cardinal number) · cab nefu (cardinal number) · ovd niu (cardinal number) · egl nôv (cardinal number) · yua bolon (cardinal number) · yue 九 (cardinal number) · gil ruiwa (cardinal number) · frr neägen (cardinal number) · mad saŋaʔ (cardinal number) · bkd siyam (cardinal number) · fj ciwa (cardinal number) · ik quliŋŋuġutaiḷaq (cardinal number) · wal uddufuna (cardinal number) · rmf enja (cardinal number) · ast nueve (cardinal number) · av ичӏго (cardinal number) · quc belejeb (cardinal number) · arc ܬܫܥ (cardinal number) · clt suocaky (cardinal number) · sms åʹhcc (cardinal number) · mn ᠶᠢᠰᠦ (cardinal number) · sd نو (cardinal number) · ba туғыҙ (cardinal number) · ml ഒമ്പത് (cardinal number) · hi नौ (cardinal number) · mba siyam (cardinal number) · ltg devenis (cardinal number) · ist gnove (cardinal number) · mfe nef (cardinal number) · sa नव (cardinal number) · egy psḏw (cardinal number) · cdo 九 (cardinal number) · niu hiva (cardinal number) · to hiva (cardinal number) · nrf neuf (cardinal number) · tpi nainpela (cardinal number) · ang nigon (cardinal number) · mrc nyimxanok (cardinal number) · ha tar̃à (cardinal number) · szl dźewjyńć (cardinal number) · crh doquz (cardinal number) · tr dokuzlu (set or group with nine components) · ota طقوز (cardinal number) · ja ナイン (cardinal number) · af nege (cardinal number) · hy ինը (cardinal number) · dtp siam (cardinal number) · bug asera (cardinal number) · mh ratimjuon (cardinal number) · tvl iva (cardinal number) · oc nòu (cardinal number) · mdf вейхкса (cardinal number) · vec nove (cardinal number) · de neun (cardinal number) · vi chín (cardinal number) · isd siyam (cardinal number) · gd naoi (cardinal number) · cic chakká'li (cardinal number) · dz དགུ (cardinal number) · vot ühesä (cardinal number) · neg ийэғин (cardinal number) · nds negen (cardinal number) · fur nûf (cardinal number) · mak salapang (cardinal number) · rar iva (cardinal number) · lou nèv (prevocalic) (cardinal number) · ccp 𑄿 (cardinal number) · lt devyneri (set or group with nine components) · bh नव (cardinal number) · ug توققۇز (cardinal number) · roa-cha néfe (cardinal number) · chk tiwe- (cardinal number) · ktu yivwa (cardinal number) · hrx nein (cardinal number) · io non (cardinal number) · wmw kenda (cardinal number) · sco nine (cardinal number) · vo zül (cardinal number) · pim kekatawgh (cardinal number) · fr neuf (cardinal number) · tjl ကႍဝ် (cardinal number) · ms sembilan (cardinal number) · chy sóohto (cardinal number) · zun denalekk'ya (cardinal number) · pt nove (cardinal number) · gez ተስዐቱ (cardinal number) · smn oovce (cardinal number) · sma uktsie (cardinal number) · non níu (cardinal number) · bjn sambilan (cardinal number)