different between nine vs noon
nine
Translingual
Alternative forms
- niner
Etymology
From English nine
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?n?i.n?] [sic]
Numeral
nine
- 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
- A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
- 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)
- 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:
- 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:
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
- (Alsatian) nine
Middle English
Numeral
nine
- Alternative form of nyne
Mongghul
Adjective
nine
- 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
- nine
References
- Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *niná.
Pronoun
niné
- you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.
Turkish
Noun
nine (definite accusative nineyi, plural nineler)
- grandmother
See also
- büyükanne, anneanne, babaanne
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noon
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nu?n/
- Rhymes: -u?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English n?n (“the ninth hour”), from a Germanic borrowing of classical Latin n?na (“ninth hour”) (short for n?na h?ra), feminine of n?nus (“ninth”). Cognate with Dutch noen, obsolete German Non, Norwegian non.
Noun
noon (countable and uncountable, plural noons)
- The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- (obsolete) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
- 1885, When night was at its noon I heard a voice chanting the Koran in sweetest accents — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 17:
- (obsolete) The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
- (figuratively) The highest point; culmination.
- In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed.
Synonyms
- (ninth hour of daylight): nones
- (midpoint of the day): midday, nones, noontide, twelve; see also Thesaurus:midday
- (midnight): noon of night; see also Thesaurus:midnight
- (highest point): capstone; see also Thesaurus:apex
Antonyms
- (middle of the night): midnight
Translations
See also
- (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight (Category: en:Times of day)
Verb
noon (third-person singular simple present noons, present participle nooning, simple past and past participle nooned)
- To relax or sleep around midday
- 1853, Theodore Winthrop, The Canoe and the Saddle
- We presently turned just aside from the trail into an episode of beautiful prairie, one of a succession along the plateau at the crest of the range. At this height of about five thousand feet, the snows remain until June. In this fair, oval, forest-circled prairie of my nooning, the grass was long and succulent, as if it grew in the bed of a drained lake.
- 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Chapter XX
- Between six and nine we made ten miles, which was plenty for a horse carrying triple—man, woman, and armor; then we stopped for a long nooning under some trees by a limpid brook.
- 1906, Andy Adams, The Double Trail
- Well, we crossed and nooned, lying around on purpose to give them a good lead, and when we hit the trail back in these sand-hills, there he was, not a mile ahead, and you can see there was no chance to get around
- 1853, Theodore Winthrop, The Canoe and the Saddle
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:sleep
Etymology 2
Noun
noon (plural noons)
- The letter ? in the Arabic script.
Anagrams
- no no, no-no, nono
Arapaho
Noun
noon
- egg
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English n?n, from ne + ?n.
Determiner
noon
- no (not any)
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
Descendants
- English: none
- Scots: nane
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: no?on
- IPA(key): /no?on/
Adverb
noon
- when
- indicates past time
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