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nine

US/naɪn/ common
adjective (1) noun (2)

adjective

1.

denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten

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noun

1.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

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2.

a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

  • “each club played six home games with teams in its own division”
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Origin

PIE word *h₁néwn̥ From Middle English nyn, nyne, 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 नव (náva, “nine”).

Phrases

  • a stitch in time saves nine
  • all sixes and nines
  • back nine
  • bent as a nine-bob note
  • cast out nines
  • cloud nine
  • cloud number nine
  • club nine
  • Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

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