nine
Translingual
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| Signal flag for the digit 9 |
Noun
nine
- (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 9.
- Synonym: novenine (ITU/IMO)
| code | Alfa | Bravo | Charlie | Delta | Echo | Foxtrot | Golf | Hotel | India | Juliett | Kilo | Lima | Mike |
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| November | Oscar | Papa | Quebec | Romeo | Sierra | Tango | Uniform | Victor | Whiskey | Xray | Yankee | Zulu | |
| zero | one | two | three (tree) | four (fower) | five (fife) | six | seven | eight | nine (niner) | hundred | thousand | decimal |
| ICAO/NATO | zero | one | two | three (tree) | four (fower) | five (fife) | six | seven | eight | nine (niner) |
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| ITU/IMO | nadazero | unaone | bissotwo | terrathree | kartefour | pantafive | soxisix | setteseven | oktoeight | novenine |
References
- Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status, 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, 2001 October, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1
English
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| ← 8 | 9 | 10 → |
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| Cardinal: nine Ordinal: ninth Latinate ordinal: nonary Adverbial: nine times Multiplier: ninefold Latinate multiplier: nonuple Group collective: ninesome Multipart collective: nonuplet Greek or Latinate collective: ennead, nonad Greek collective prefix: ennea- Latinate collective prefix: nona- Fractional: ninth Elemental: nonuplet Greek prefix: enato- Number of musicians: nonet Number of years: novennium | ||
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”). 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 नवन् (navan, “nine”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: nīn, IPA(key): /naɪn/, [naɪ̯n]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪn
Numeral
nine
Related terms
- ninth
- ninther
Translations
cardinal number
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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.).
- They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.
- (baseball) A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
- 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:[1]
- 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:[1]
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 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
- nine bows
- nine-darter
- nine-dash line
- nine days wonder
- nine-day wonder, nine day wonder, nine days' wonder
- Nine Elms
- nine-eyes
- nine hundred
- nine-killer
- nine lives
- nine men's morris
- Nine Mile
- nine night
- nine-nine-nine
- nine nine nine
- nine o'clock
- nine one one
- nine-one-one
- nine-point circle
- nine points circle
- nine-tenths
- nine thousand
- nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
- nine-timer
- nine times out of ten
- nine-to-five
- nine to five
- nine-to-fiver
- ninety-nine
- nine while five
- number nine
- on cloud nine
- one and nines
- over nine thousand
- possession is nine points of the law
- possession is nine-tenths of the law
- seventy-nine
- sixes and nines
- sixty-nine
- star sixty-nine
- star-sixty-nine
- the whole nine yards
- thirty-nine
- to the nines
- triple nine
- twenty-nine
- Wallace rule of nines
Translations
the digit or figure 9
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card with nine pips
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
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References
- Peter Morris,
- A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks, pp. 411–412
Anagrams
Alemannic German
| 9 | Previous: | acht |
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| Next: | zää |
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/
Middle English
Scots
| < 8 | 9 | 10 > |
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| Cardinal : nine | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English nyne, from Old English niġon, in turn from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəin/, /nin/
References
- Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *niná.
Turkish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ni‧ne
Audio (file)
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| Nominative | nine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | nineyi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | nine | nineler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | nineyi | nineleri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dative | nineye | ninelere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | ninede | ninelerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ablative | nineden | ninelerden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | ninenin | ninelerin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “nine”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
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