ninesome en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈnaɪnsəm/
- nīn'səm
Etymology
From nine + -some.
Meanings
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A group of nine persons or things.
On that day, representatives from each country's business community presented their fifty-one detailed recommendations to an impressive trinational ninesome.
2008, Stephen Clarkson, Does North America Exist?: Governing the Continent After NAFTA and 9/11, page 441:As they stood before a staid cast-iron gate across the street from where they work, they made as toothsome a ninesome as could ever be glimpsed anywhere.
1958 October 13, LIFE:In the ninesome reel the dance is fully organized; i.e. there is no arbitrary change of partner, and quite sophisticated dance-figures occur.
1954, The Folk Dancer, volumes 1-3, page 34:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ninesomes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
ru де́вятеро (group of nine) · fr neuvaine (group of nine) · ru девя́тка (group of nine) · eo naŭo (group of nine) · es noneto (group of nine)