nine

== Translingual == === Alternative forms === Nine, NINE niner (England) === Etymology === Borrowed from English nine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnai̯na], like niner (nonrhotic) === Noun === nine (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 9. Synonym: novenine (ITU/IMO) === References === == English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: nīn, IPA(key): /naɪn/, [naɪ̯n] (Indic) IPA(key): /naj(ə)n/, [nɐi̯(ɐ)n] Rhymes: -aɪn === Numeral === nine A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten. 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) The digit or figure 9. (card games) A playing card with nine pips. (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol. (computing, engineering, usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.). (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 (Alsatian) nine == Middle English == === Numeral === nine alternative form of nyn == Mongghul == === Adjective === nine 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 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 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) 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