different between nine vs liana

Translingual

Alternative forms

• niner

Etymology

From English nine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n?i.n?] ^[sic]

Numeral

nine

1. Code word for the digit 9 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet

Synonyms

ITU/IMO code word novenine

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English nyne, nine, from Old English nigon, from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h?néwn?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: n?n, IPA^(key): /na?n/, [na??n]
• Rhymes: -a?n

Numeral

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.

Derived terms

• Nine Elms

Related terms

• ninth
• ninther

Translations

See also

• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

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:

     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): /?nin?/

Numeral

nine

1. (Alsatian) nine

Middle English

Numeral

nine

1. Alternative form of nyne

Mongghul

Adjective

nine

1. female

See also

• yiri (“woman, wife”)

Scots

Alternative forms

• neen

Etymology

From Middle English nyne, from Old English ni?on, in turn from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h?néwn?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?in/, /nin/

Numeral

nine

1. nine

References

• Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronoun

niné

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

Turkish

Noun

nine (definite accusative nineyi, plural nineler)

1. grandmother

See also

• büyükanne, anneanne, babaanne

English

Etymology

From French liane, influenced by lien (“link, bond”). The word comes from the western dialects of West Indian French.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

liana (plural lianas)

1. (botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
   • 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, Chapter 2,^[1]

     Many of the older trees presented a very curious appearance from the tresses of a liana hanging from their boughs, and resembling bundles of hay.

   • 1884, Achilles Daunt, Frank Redcliffe: A story of travel and adventure in the forests of Venezuela (A Book for Boys), London: T. Nelson & Sons, Chapter 5, p. 99,^[2]

     Flowering lianas hung in long streaming lines from the outstretched boughs and dipped their pendulous bouquets in the water of the igarape, which reflected the cloudless blue of the sky.

   • 1943, Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area, Getting About in New Guinea, 4 April, 1943, p. 6,^[3]

     Allow friendly natives to walk in front of you on the track. They have sharp eyes for pitfalls, snakes, hornets, and stinging plants. They will cut the lianas and thorny trailers. They like to do it.

   • 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, 2001, Part Two, Chapter 3,

     They left the drive and stood among the wild tannia under the saman tree. Mrs Tulsi held a liana and offered it to Mr Biswas. While he felt it, she held a thinner liana and pulled it down. ‘As strong as rope,’ she said. ‘The children could skip with this.’

Translations

See also

• climber
• rattan
• scrambler
• twiner
• vine

Anagrams

• Al Ain, Alani, Alina, IANAL, Lanai, lanai

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lja.na/, (traditional) /li?a.na/

Noun

liana f (plural liane)

1. liana (vine)
2. plot (complicated)

Anagrams

• alani
• anali
• inala

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?a.na/

Noun

liana f

1. liana

Declension

Further reading

• liana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From French liane, of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ljana/, [?lja.na]

Noun

liana f (plural lianas)

1. liana

   Synonyms: bejuco, guaco

Further reading

• “liana” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-liana (infinitive kuliana)

1. Reciprocal form of -lia

Conjugation