niner

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(1): From nine +‎ -er.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɪnə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun[edit]

niner (plural niners)

  1. (informal) Something nine inches long. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (in the singular) The digit 9 in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Usage notes[edit]

In the NATO phonetic alphabet, the two-syllable pronunciation avoids confusion with five and nein. The spelling, however, remains nine.[2]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “niner”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ Estival, Dominique, Farris, Candace, Molesworth, Brett (2016) Aviation English: A lingua franca for pilots and air traffic controllers, →ISBN, page 16

Anagrams[edit]

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