nine

Signal flag for the digit 9

• Nine, NINE
• niner (England)

Borrowed from English nine.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnai̯na], like niner (nonrhotic)^[1]

nine

1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 9.

   Synonym: novenine (ITU/IMO)

ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes

code	Alfa	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Echo	Foxtrot	Golf	Hotel	India	Juliett	Kilo	Lima	Mike
	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 vs ITU/IMO radiotelephonic clear codes for digits

ICAO/NATO	zero	one	two	three (tree)	four (fower)	five (fife)	six	seven	eight	nine (niner)
ITU/IMO	nadazero	unaone	bissotwo	terrathree	kartefour	pantafive	soxisix	setteseven	oktoeight	novenine

English numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: nine     Ordinal: ninth     Latinate ordinal: nonary     Adverbial: nine times     Multiplier: ninefold     Latinate multiplier: nonuple     Germanic collective: ninesome     Collective of n parts: nonuplet     Greek or Latinate collective: ennead, nonad     Greek collective prefix: ennea-     Latinate collective prefix: nona-     Fractional: ninth     Elemental: nonuplet     Number of musicians: nonet     Number of years: novennium

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: nīn, IPA^(key): /naɪn/, [naɪ̯n]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

nine

1. A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
2. Describing a group or set with nine elements.

   A cat has nine lives.

• ninth
• ninther

• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

nine (plural nines)

1. The digit or figure 9.
2. (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
3. (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
4. (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.

5. (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.

• Roman numerals: IX

• Previous: eight (8)
• Next: ten (10)

Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
ace	deuce, two	three	four	five	six	seven
eight	nine	ten	jack, knave	queen	king	joker

• inne

cardinal number

9	Previous:	acht
	Next:	zää

• nin, nüün

From Middle High German niun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with German neun, Dutch negen, English nine, Icelandic níu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈninə/

nine

1. (Alsatian) nine

nine

1. Alternative form of nyne

nine

1. female

   nine kun

   woman

• yiri (“woman, wife”)

Scots numbers ^(edit)

←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: nine     Ordinal: nint

• neen, nyn, nyne

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”).

nine

1. nine

• “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.

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

niné

1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

possibly from baby talk. compare Persian ننه (“mother, grandmother”), Azerbaijani nənə (“grandmother”), Turkmen näne (“mother”) and Chinese 奶奶 (“paternal grandmother”).

• Hyphenation: ni‧ne

• Audio:

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nine (definite accusative nineyi, plural nineler)

1. grandmother

Inflection
Nominative	nine
Definite accusative	nineyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nine	nineler
Definite accusative	nineyi	nineleri
Dative	nineye	ninelere
Locative	ninede	ninelerde
Ablative	nineden	ninelerden
Genitive	ninenin	ninelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular ninem ninelerim 2nd singular ninen ninelerin 3rd singular ninesi nineleri 1st plural ninemiz ninelerimiz 2nd plural nineniz nineleriniz 3rd plural nineleri nineleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular ninemi ninelerimi 2nd singular nineni ninelerini 3rd singular ninesini ninelerini 1st plural ninemizi ninelerimizi 2nd plural ninenizi ninelerinizi 3rd plural ninelerini ninelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular nineme ninelerime 2nd singular ninene ninelerine 3rd singular ninesine ninelerine 1st plural ninemize ninelerimize 2nd plural ninenize ninelerinize 3rd plural ninelerine ninelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular ninemde ninelerimde 2nd singular ninende ninelerinde 3rd singular ninesinde ninelerinde 1st plural ninemizde ninelerimizde 2nd plural ninenizde ninelerinizde 3rd plural ninelerinde ninelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular ninemden ninelerimden 2nd singular ninenden ninelerinden 3rd singular ninesinden ninelerinden 1st plural ninemizden ninelerimizden 2nd plural ninenizden ninelerinizden 3rd plural ninelerinden ninelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular ninemin ninelerimin 2nd singular ninenin ninelerinin 3rd singular ninesinin ninelerinin 1st plural ninemizin ninelerimizin 2nd plural ninenizin ninelerinizin 3rd plural ninelerinin ninelerinin

• büyükanne, anneanne, babaanne

• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “nine”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı