# nine
## Translingual

* Signal flag for the digit 9

### Alternative forms

* Nine, NINE
* niner (England)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English nine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnai̯na], like niner (nonrhotic)

### Noun

nine
* (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 9.
    Synonym: novenine (ITU/IMO)
ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes :
| Alfa | Bravo | Charlie | Delta | Echo | Foxtrot | Golf | Hotel | India | Juliett | Kilo | Lima | Mike |
| November | Oscar | Papa | Quebec | Romeo | Sierra | Tango | Uniform | Victor | Whiskey | Xray | Yankee | Zulu |
| zero | one | two | three (tree) | four (fower) | five (fife) | six | seven | eight | nine (niner) | hundred | thousand | decimal |
ICAO/NATO vs ITU/IMO radiotelephonic clear codes for digits :
| ICAO/NATO | zero | one | two | three (tree) | four (fower) | five (fife) | six | seven | eight | nine (niner) |
| ITU/IMO | nadazero | unaone | bissotwo | terrathree | kartefour | pantafive | soxisix | setteseven | oktoeight | novenine |

### References

* ↑ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status‎, 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, 2001 October, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1

## English

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### Etymology

* PIE word
* *h₁néwn̥
From Middle English nyne, nine, 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 नवन् (navan, “nine”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: nīn, IPA: /naɪn/, [naɪ̯n]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪn

### Numeral

nine
* A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
** 2007, Thomas Mchenry, Along the Rails: A Juror's Journey‎, page 85:Would they want me to vote my conscience or would they want us to unanimously go the whole nine yards, declare him sane and possibly have the trial end up in a death sentence?
* Describing a group or set with nine elements.
    A cat has nine lives.

#### Related terms

* ninth
* ninther

#### 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.

#### Synonyms

* Roman numerals: IX

#### Coordinate terms

* Previous: eight (8)
* Next: ten (10)

#### Derived terms

* all sixes and nines
* a stitch in time saves nine
* back nine
* bent as a nine-bob note
* cast out nines
* cat-o'-nine
* cat-o-nine
* cat-o'-nine-tails
* cloud nine
* cloud number nine
* club nine
* dressed to the nines
* eighty-nine
* false nine
* feel nine feet tall
* fifty-nine
* five and nine
* five-nine
* forty-nine
* four-and-nine
* front nine
* grade nine
* knicky-knocky-nine-doors
* my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas
* my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
* my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas
* nicky-nicky-nine-doors
* nine-ball
* nine ball
* nine-banded armadillo
* nine bows
* nine-darter
* nine-dash line
* nine days wonder
* nine-day wonder, nine day wonder, nine days' wonder
* Nine Elms
* nine-eyes
* nine figures
* nine hundred
* nine-killer
* nine lives
* nine men's morris
* Nine Mile
* nine night
* nine nine nine
* nine-nine-nine
* nine o'clock
* nine-one-one
* nine one one
* nine-point circle
* nine points circle
* nine-pounder
* nine-tenths
* nine-thousander
* nine-timer
* nine times out of ten
* nine-to-five
* nine to five
* nine-to-fiver
* ninety-nine
* nine ways to Sunday
* nine while five
* number nine
* on cloud nine
* one and nines
* over nine thousand
* possession is nine points of the law
* possession is nine-tenths of the law
* seventy-nine
* sixes and nines
* sixty-nine
* star sixty-nine
* star-sixty-nine
* the whole nine yards
* thirty-nine
* to the nines
* triple nine
* twenty-nine
* Wallace rule of nines

#### Translations

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#### See also

Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text) :
| ace | deuce, two | three | four | five | six | seven |
| eight | nine | ten | jack, knave | queen | king | joker |

### References

* ↑ Peter Morris, A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks, pp. 411–412

### Anagrams

* inne

## Alemannic German

cardinal number :
| 9 | Previous: | acht |
| 9 | Next: | zää |

### 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: /ˈninə/

### Numeral

nine
* (Alsatian) nine

## Middle English
### Numeral

nine
* Alternative form of nyne

## Mongghul
### Adjective

nine
* female
    nine kunwoman

### See also

* yiri (“woman, wife”)

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* neen, nyn, nyne

### Etymology

From Middle English nyne, nine, from Old English nigon (“nine”), from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”).

### Numeral

nine
* nine

### References

* “nine, adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 4 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
* “nyn, num.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 4 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

### Pronoun

niné
* you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

## Turkish
### Etymology

possibly from baby talk. compare Persian ننه (“mother, grandmother”), Azerbaijani nənə (“grandmother”), Turkmen näne (“mother”) and Chinese 奶奶 (“paternal grandmother”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ni‧ne
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

nine (definite accusative nineyi, plural nineler)
* grandmother

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
nine
nineler
definite accusative
nineyi
nineleri
dative
nineye
ninelere
locative
ninede
ninelerde
ablative
nineden
ninelerden
genitive
ninenin
ninelerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
ninem
ninelerim
2nd singular
ninen
ninelerin
3rd singular
ninesi
nineleri
1st plural
ninemiz
ninelerimiz
2nd plural
nineniz
nineleriniz
3rd plural
nineleri
nineleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
ninemi
ninelerimi
2nd singular
nineni
ninelerini
3rd singular
ninesini
ninelerini
1st plural
ninemizi
ninelerimizi
2nd plural
ninenizi
ninelerinizi
3rd plural
ninelerini
ninelerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
nineme
ninelerime
2nd singular
ninene
ninelerine
3rd singular
ninesine
ninelerine
1st plural
ninemize
ninelerimize
2nd plural
ninenize
ninelerinize
3rd plural
ninelerine
ninelerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
ninemde
ninelerimde
2nd singular
ninende
ninelerinde
3rd singular
ninesinde
ninelerinde
1st plural
ninemizde
ninelerimizde
2nd plural
ninenizde
ninelerinizde
3rd plural
ninelerinde
ninelerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
ninemden
ninelerimden
2nd singular
ninenden
ninelerinden
3rd singular
ninesinden
ninelerinden
1st plural
ninemizden
ninelerimizden
2nd plural
ninenizden
ninelerinizden
3rd plural
ninelerinden
ninelerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
ninemin
ninelerimin
2nd singular
ninenin
ninelerinin
3rd singular
ninesinin
ninelerinin
1st plural
ninemizin
ninelerimizin
2nd plural
ninenizin
ninelerinizin
3rd plural
ninelerinin
ninelerinin :

### See also

* büyükanne, anneanne, babaanne

### Further reading

* Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “nine”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı