ennead

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐννεάς (enneás), ἐννεάδος (enneádos, “body of nine”) +‎ -ad (suffix designating a unit); analysable as ennea- +‎ -ad. The Greek words ἐννεάς and ἐννεάδος are derived from ἐννέᾰ (ennéă, “nine”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”)) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, suffix forming abstract nouns of number from numerals) or -ος (-os). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛnɪad/ Hyphenation: en‧ne‧ad === Noun === ennead (plural enneads) (obsolete) The number nine. (rare) Any grouping or system containing nine objects. ==== Synonyms ==== nonad, nonet ==== Hypernyms ==== novennium (years) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (group) monad, duad/dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, hebdomad/heptad, ogdoad/octad, ennead/nonad, decad/decade, hendecad, dodecad/duodecade, chiliad ==== Derived terms ==== Ennead enneadic ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== nonet === References === === Anagrams === Na-Dene, Na-Dené, needna