different between nine vs ninesies

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 +? -sies

Noun

ninesies (plural ninesies)

1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where nine actions must be performed.
   • 2004, Anne Tyler, The amateur marriage (page 282)

     He saw Lindy playing jacks on the sidewalk in Front of the store, snatching up ninesies and tensies in a heedless, all-out swoop that kept the backs of her lingers perpetually scraped raw.