English Explanatory Dictionary

nine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
  2. Describing a group or set with nine elements.
noun
  1. The digit or figure 9.
  2. A playing card with nine pips.
  3. A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
  4. A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
  5. A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

nīn /naɪn/ [naɪ̯n] en-us-nine.ogg /naj(ə)n/ [nɐi̯(ɐ)n]

Word forms

nine nines

Etymology

PIE word *h₁néwn̥ 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”).

Synonyms

IX

Related words

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

Derived words

all sixes and nines a stitch in time saves nine back nine bent as a nine-bob note cast out nines cat-o'-nine cat-o-nine cat-o'-nine-tails cloud nine cloud number nine club nine dressed to the nines eighty-nine false nine feel nine feet tall fifty-nine five and nine five-nine forty-nine four-and-nine front nine grade nine knicky-knocky-nine-doors my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas nicky-nicky-nine-doors nine-ball nine ball nine-banded armadillo ninebark nine bows nine-darter nine-dash line nine days wonder nine-day wonder nine day wonder nine days' wonder Nine Elms nine-eyes nine figures nineholes nine hundred nineish nine-killer nineling nine lives nine men's morris Nine Mile nineness nine night nine nine nine nine-nine-nine nine-nine-six nine o'clock nine one one nine-one-one ninepence ninepenny ninepin
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