different between nine vs nineness

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

nine +? -ness

Noun

nineness (uncountable)

1. The property of being nine in number.
   • 1922, Robert Lynd, The sporting life and other trifles (page 186)

     Some day, let us hope, an architect will arise who will do justice to stairs, and who will design every step with an individuality of its own, so that we may climb delightedly from the oneness of the universe to the nineness of the Nine Muses […]