nine

See also: Nine, níne, niné, and niñe

Translingual

Signal flag for the digit 9

Alternative forms

• niner (English)

Etymology

From English nine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnai̯na]

Noun

nine

1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet clear code for the digit 9.

   Synonym: novenine (ITU/IMO)

English

English numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: nine     Ordinal: ninth     Latinate ordinal: nonary     Adverbial: nine times     Multiplier: ninefold     Latinate multiplier: nonuple     Collective: ninesome     Multiuse collective: nonuplet     Greek or Latinate collective: ennead, nonad     Greek collective prefix: ennea-     Latinate collective prefix: nona-     Fractional: ninth     Elemental: nonuplet     Greek prefix: enato-     Number of musicians: nonet     Number of years: novennium

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: nīn, IPA^(key): /naɪn/, [naɪ̯n]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

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.

Related terms

• ninth
• ninther

Translations

cardinal number

• Abaza: жвба (žʷba)
• Abkhaz: жәба (ẑʷba)
• Adyghe: бгъу (bğʷu)
• Afar: sagáal
• Afrikaans: nege (af)
• Ainu: シネペサン (sinepesan)
• Akan: akron, akrong
• Aklanon: siyam
• Albanian: nëntë (sq)
• Alutiiq: qulnguyan
• Amharic: ዘጠኝ (am) (zäṭäñ) (numeral: ፱ (9))
• Apache:

  Western Apache: góst'áí

• Arabic: تِسْعَة‎ (ar) (tisʕa) (numeral: ٩‎ (9))

  Egyptian Arabic: تسعة‎ (tisʿa)

• Aragonese: nueu, nou (an)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܬܫܥܐ‎ m (tešʿā), ܬܫܥ‎ f (təšaʿ)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תִּשְׁעָא‎ m (tišʿā), תְּשַׁע‎ f (təšaʿ)

  Western Neo-Aramaic: ܛܫܥܐ‎ m (ṭešʿa), ܐܛܫܥ‎ f (ʾeṭšaʿ)

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܸܬܫܵܐ‎ (ʿitša)

• Archi: учӏ (učʼ)
• Armenian: ինը (hy) (inə), ինն (hy) (inn)
• Aromanian: noauã
• Assamese: ন (no)
• Asturian: nueve (ast)
• Atong (India): chykhyw
• Avar: ичӏго (ičʼgo)
• Aymara: llätunka
• Azerbaijani: doqquz (az)
• Balinese: siə
• Banjarese: sambilan
• Bashkir: туғыҙ (tuğıð)
• Basque: bederatzi (eu)
• Bassa: mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-hĩinyɛ
• Belarusian: дзе́вяць (dzjévjacʹ), дзявя́цера (dzjavjácjera)
• Bengali: নয় (bn) (noẏ) (numeral: ৯)
• Bikol Central: siyam (bcl)
• Binukid: siyam
• Bislama: naen
• Breton: nav (br)
• Brunei Malay: sambilan
• Budukh: вичиб (vičib), вичид (vičid)
• Buginese: asera
• Bulgarian: де́вет (bg) (dévet)
• Burmese: ကိုး (my) (kui:) (numeral: ၉ (my) (9))
• Buryat: юһэн (juhen)
• Catalan: nou (ca)
• Cebuano: siyam
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵥⴰ (tẓa)
• Central Dusun: siam
• Central Sierra Miwok: woˀé-
• Chakma: 𑄚𑄧 (na), 𑄿 (9) (numeral)
• Chamicuro: iskon
• Chechen: исс (iss)
• Cherokee: ᏐᏁᎳ (sonela)
• Cheyenne: sóohto
• Chichewa: sanu n'zinayi
• Chickasaw: chakká'li
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 九 (yue) (gau²)

  Dungan: җю (ži͡u)

  Hakka: 九 (kiú)

  Mandarin: 九 (zh) (jiǔ) (numeral: 玖 (zh) (jiǔ))

  Min Bei: 九 (giǔ)

  Min Dong: 九 (gāu, giū)

  Min Nan: 九 (kiú, káu, kiáu)

  Wu: 九 (²jieu)

• Chinook Jargon: k'wayts
• Chukchi: ӄонъачгынкэн (qonʺačgynkėn)
• Chuukese: tiu, tiwe-, tiwechö, tiwemön
• Chuvash: тӑххӑр (tăhhăr)
• Classical Nahuatl: chiucnāhui
• Cornish: naw
• Corsican: novi (co)
• Cree: kekâ-mitâtaht
• Crimean Tatar: doquz
• Czech: devět (cs)
• Dalmatian: nu
• Danish: ni (da)
• Dena'ina: łq'ich'idi
• Dhivehi: ނުވަ‎ (nuva)
• Dolgan: тогус
• Drung: dvgeu
• Dutch: negen (nl)
• Dzongkha: དགུ (dgu)
• Elfdalian: niu
• Erzya: вейксэ (vejkse)
• Esperanto: naŭ (eo)
• Estonian: üheksa (et)
• Even: уюн (ujun)
• Evenki: егин (jegin)
• Extremaduran: nuevi
• Faroese: níggju (fo)
• Fataluku: sife
• Fijian: ciwa (fj)
• Finnish: yhdeksän (fi)
• French: neuf (fr)
• Friulian: nûf, nûv
• Galician: nove (gl)
• Garifuna: nefu
• Ge'ez: ተስዐቱ m (täsʿätu), ትስዑ f (təsʿu) (numeral: ፱ (9))
• Georgian: ცხრა (ka) (cxra)
• German: neun (de)
• Gilaki: نه‎ (no)
• Gilbertese: ruiwa
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun)
• Greek: εννέα (el) (ennéa), θ΄ (th΄) (numeral)

  Ancient: ἐννέα (ennéa), θ΄ (th΄) (numeral)

• Greenlandic: qulingiluat (kl), qulaaluat, arfineq-sisamat
• Guaraní: porundy
• Gujarati: નવ (gu) (nav) (numeral: ૯)
• Haitian Creole: nèf
• Hausa: tar̃à
• Hawaiian: iwa, ʻeiwa
• Hebrew: תֵּשַׁע‎ (he) f (téisha) (used in counting), תִּשְׁעָה‎ m (tish'a)
• Higaonon: siyam
• Hiligaynon: siyam
• Hindi: नौ (hi) (nau) (numeral: ९ (hi) (9))
• Hlai: fauus
• Hopi: pept
• Hungarian: kilenc (hu)
• Hunsrik: nein
• Icelandic: níu (is)
• Ido: non (io)
• Ilocano: siam
• Indonesian: sembilan (id)
• Ingrian: yheksän
• Interlingua: nove (ia)
• Iranun: siyaw
• Irish: naoi (ga)
• Isnag: siyam
• Istriot: gnove
• Italian: nove (it)
• Japanese: 九 (ja) (く, ku, きゅう, kyū), 九つ (ja) (ここのつ, kokonotsu)
• Jarai: duapăn
• Javanese: sanga
• Jurchen: uyun
• Kabardian: бгъу (bğʷu)
• Kabuverdianu: novi
• Kalmyk: йисн (yisn)
• Kannada: ಒಂಬತ್ತು (kn) (ombattu) (numeral: ೯ (kn) (9))
• Kanuri: legar
• Karachay-Balkar: тогъуз (toğuz)
• Karelian: yhekšän
• Kashubian: dzewiãc
• Kaurna: pauwa
• Kazakh: тоғыз (kk) (toğyz)
• Khakas: тоғыс (toğıs)
• Khmer: ប្រាំបួន (km) (pram buon) (numeral: ៩ (9))
• Khoekhoe: khoese
• Komi-Zyrian: ӧкмыс (ökmys)
• Kongo: yivwa
• Korean: 아홉 (ko) (ahop), 구(九) (ko) (gu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نۆ‎ (ckb) (no)

  Northern Kurdish: neh (ku)

• Kyrgyz: тогуз (ky) (toguz)
• Ladin: nuef
• Ladino: mueve
• Lakota: napčíyuŋka
• Lao: ເກົ້າ (lo) (kao) (numeral: ໙ (9))
• Latgalian: deveni m, devenis f
• Latin: novem (la)
• Latvian: deviņi (lv) m, deviņas f
• Lezgi: кӏуьд (ḳüd)
• Ligurian: nêuve
• Lithuanian: devyni (lt) m, devynios f
• Livonian: īdõks
• Lombard: neuv
• Louisiana Creole French: nèf (independent, preconsonantal), nèv (prevocalic)
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: negen (nds)

  German Low German: negen (nds)

• Luxembourgish: néng (lb)
• Lü: ᦂᧁᧉ (k̇aw²) (numeral: ᧙)
• Macedonian: девет (mk) (devet)
• Madurese: saŋaʔ
• Maguindanao: siaw
• Makasae: siwa
• Makasar: salapang
• Malagasy: sivy (mg)
• Malay:

  Jawi: سمبيلن‎, سلاڤن‎, ناوا‎

  Rumi: sembilan (ms), selapan, nawa

• Malayalam: ഒമ്പത് (ompatŭ), ഒൻപത് (ml) (oṉpatŭ) (numeral: ൯ (ml) (9) (obsolete))
• Maltese: disgħa (mt)
• Manchu: ᡠᠶᡠᠨ (uyun)
• Mangarevan: iva
• Mansi: онтэллов (ontèllow)
• Manx: nuy
• Maore Comorian: shendra
• Maori: iwa (mi)
• Maranao: siyaw
• Marathi: नऊ (naū)
• Mari: индеше (indeše)
• Maricopa: nyimxanok
• Marshallese: ratimjuon
• Mauritian Creole: nef
• Mazanderani: نه‎ (ne)
• Middle English: nyne
• Minangkabau: sambilan
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Mizo: pa-kua
• Moksha: вейхкса (vejhksa)
• Mon: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: ес (mn) (jes)

  Mongolian: ᠶᠢᠰᠦ (yisü), ᠙ (9) (numeral)

• Montagnais: peikushteu
• Muong: chỉn
• Mòcheno: nai'n
• Nahuatl: chiucnahui
• Nanai: хуюн
• Navajo: náhástʼéí
• Neapolitan: nòve
• Negidal: ийэғин
• Nepali: नौ (ne) (nau)
• Niuean: hiva
• Nivkh: ньыньбен (ņəņben)
• Norman: neuf
• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: njüügen

  Helgoland: neägen

  Mooring: nüügen

  Sylt: niigen

• Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: ni (no)
• O'odham: hemuckam
• Occitan: nòu (oc)
• Ojibwe: zhaangaswi
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: девѧть (devętĭ) (numeral: ѳ҃)

• Old English: nigon
• Old Frisian: niūgun
• Old Javanese: sanga
• Old Norse: níu
• Oriya: ନଅ (or) (nôô) (numeral: ୯ (9))
• Oromo: sagal
• Ossetian: фараст (farast)
• Ottoman Turkish: طقوز‎ (doquz)
• Pangasinan: siam
• Papiamentu: nuebe
• Pashto: نهه‎ (ps) (nëhë)
• Pennsylvania German: nein
• Persian: نُه‎ (fa) (noh) (numeral: ۹‎)
• Piedmontese: neuv
• Pijin: naen
• Polish: dziewięć (pl), (collective) dziewięcioro (pl)
• Portuguese: nove (pt)
• Punjabi: ਨੌਂ (naũ) (numeral: ੯ (9))
• Quechua: isqun, isgon
• Rapa Nui: ka iva
• Rarotongan: iva
• Rohingya: no
• Romagnol: növ
• Romani: enia

  Kalo Finnish Romani: enja

• Romanian: nouă (ro)
• Romansch: nov, nouv
• Russian: де́вять (ru) (dévjatʹ), (collective) де́вятеро (ru) (dévjatero)
• Rusyn: де́вять (dévjatʹ)
• S'gaw Karen: ခွံ (khwee)
• Saho: sagal
• Sami:

  Inari: oovce

  Northern: ovcci

  Skolt: ååuʹc, åʹhcc

  Southern: uktsie

• Samoan: iva
• Sanskrit: नवन् (sa) (navan)
• Santali: ᱟᱨᱮ (are)
• Sardinian: noe

  Campidanese: noi

  Logudorese: nobe

• Saterland Frisian: njúgen
• Scottish Gaelic: naoi, (persons) naoinear m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: девет

  Roman: devet

• Shan: ၵဝ်ႈ (shn) (kāo) (numeral: ႙)
• Sherpa: དགུ (dgu)
• Sichuan Yi: ꈬ (ggu)
• Sicilian: novi (scn)
• Sidamo: honse
• Sikkimese: གུ (gu)
• Silesian: dźewjyńć
• Sindhi: نو‎
• Sinhalese: නවය (si) (nawaya)
• Slovak: deväť (sk)
• Slovene: devét (sl)
• Solon: yəyin
• Somali: sagaal
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: źewjeś

  Upper Sorbian: dźewjeć (hsb)

• Southern Ohlone: pacqui
• Spanish: nueve (es)
• Sranan Tongo: neigi, neygi
• Sundanese: salapan (su)
• Swahili: tisa (sw)
• Swedish: nio (sv)
• Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
• Tagalog: siyam (tl)
• Tahitian: iva
• Tai Dam: ꪹꪀ꫁ꪱ
• Tajik: нуҳ (tg) (nuh), нӯҳ (tg) (nüh)
• Tamil: ஒன்பது (ta) (oṉpatu) (numeral: ௯)
• Tarantino: nôve
• Tashelhit: tza m or f
• Tatar: тугыз (tt) (tuğız)
• Tedim Chin: kua
• Telugu: తొనిమిది (tonimidi), తొమ్మిది (te) (tommidi) (numeral: ౯ (te) (9))
• Ternate: sio
• Tetum: sia
• Thai: เก้า (th) (gâao) (numeral: ๙ (th) (9))
• Tibetan: དགུ (dgu)
• Tidore: sio
• Tigre: ስዕ (səʿ) (numeral: ፱ (9))
• Tigrinya: ትሽዓተ (təšʿatä) (numeral: ፱ (9))
• Tocharian A: ñu
• Tocharian B: ñu
• Tok Pisin: nainpela
• Tongan: hiva
• Turkish: dokuz (tr)
• Turkmen: dokuz (tk)
• Tausug: siyam
• Tuvaluan: iva
• Tuvan: тос (tos)
• Tz'utujil: ^{(please verify)} waxaqi
• Udmurt: укмыс (ukmys)
• Ukrainian: де́в'ять (uk) (dévʺjatʹ), (collective numeral) де́в'ятеро (dévʺjatero)
• Umbrian: 𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌 (nuvim)
• Unami: pèshkunk
• Urdu: نو‎ m (nau)
• Uyghur: توققۇز‎ (ug) (toqquz)
• Uzbek: toʻqqiz (uz)
• Venetian: nove (vec)
• Veps: ühesa
• Vietnamese: chín (vi)
• Vilamovian: naojn
• Volapük: zül (vo)
• Votic: ühesä
• Võro: ütessä
• Wakhi: naw
• Walloon: noûf
• Waray-Waray: siyam
• Warlpiri: ɟaɻukutu
• Welsh: naw (cy)
• West Frisian: njoggen (fy)
• West Makian: siwe
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: siyew
• White Hmong: cuaj
• Winnebago: hižąkicųšgųnį
• Wolof: juróom ñeent
• Xhosa: lithoba
• Yagnobi: нав (nav)
• Yakut: тоҕус (toğus)
• Yao: msano na mcheche
• Yiddish: נײַן‎ (nayn)
• Yup'ik: qulngunritaraan, qulngunrita'ar
• Zaghawa: dîstî
• Zarma: yegga
• Zazaki: new (diq)
• Zhuang: gouj (Sawndip 九)
• Zou: kuo
• Zulu: isishiyagalolunye (zu)
• Zuni: denalekk'ya

set or group with nine components

• Bulgarian: девятка f (devjatka)
• Catalan: novena (ca) f
• Lithuanian: devyneri (lt) m, devynerios f
• Portuguese: novena (pt) f
• Russian: девя́тка (ru) f (devjátka)
• Swahili: tisa (sw)
• Turkish: dokuzlu (tr)

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

• cloud nine
• dressed to the nines
• nine-darter
• nine-day wonder, nine day wonder, nine days' wonder
• Nine Elms
• on cloud nine
• the whole nine yards

 

Translations

the digit or figure 9

• Armenian: ինը (hy) (inə), ինն (hy) (inn)
• Asturian: nueve (ast) m
• Basque: bederatzi (eu)
• Belarusian: дзявя́тка f (dzjavjátka)
• Catalan: nou (ca) m
• Danish: nital n
• Dutch: negen (nl)
• Finnish: yhdeksikkö (fi), ysi (fi) (slang)
• French: neuf (fr)
• Galician: nove (gl) m or f
• German: Neun (de) f
• Hungarian: kilences (hu)
• Italian: nove (it)
• Lithuanian: devynetas (lt) m
• Macedonian: деветка f (devetka)
• Malayalam: ഒൻപത് (ml) (oṉpatŭ)
• Polish: dziewiątka (pl) f
• Portuguese: nove (pt) m
• Russian: девя́тка (ru) f (devjátka)
• Spanish: nueve (es) m or f
• Sranan Tongo: neygi
• Swahili: tisa (sw)

card with nine pips

• Bulgarian: девятка (devjatka)
• Catalan: nou (ca) m
• Danish: nier (da) c
• Esperanto: naŭo
• Faroese: níggju (fo) n pl
• Finnish: yhdeksikkö (fi), ysi (fi) (slang)
• German: Neun (de) f
• Macedonian: деветка f (devetka)
• Polish: dziewiątka (pl) f
• Portuguese: nove (pt) m
• Russian: девя́тка (ru) f (devjátka)
• Swahili: tisa (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} تِسْعَة‎ (ar) (tisʕa)
• French: ^{(please verify)} neuf (fr) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Neun (de) f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} nove (it) m
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} نُه‎ (fa) (noh)
• Romanian: (1) ^{(please verify)} nouar (ro) m, (2) ^{(please verify)} nouă (ro) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} деветка f

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} devetka (sh) f

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} nia (sv)

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

Anagrams

• inne

Alemannic German

cardinal number

9	Previous:	acht
	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^(key): /ˈninə/

Numeral

nine

1. (Alsatian) nine

Middle English

Numeral

nine

1. Alternative form of nyne

Mongghul

Adjective

nine

1. female

   nine kun

   woman

See also

• yiri (“woman, wife”)

Scots

Alternative forms

• neen

Etymology

From Middle English nyne, from Old English niġon, in turn from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəin/, /nin/

Numeral

cardinal number

9	Previous:	aicht
	Next:	ten

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ni‧ne

Noun

nine (definite accusative nineyi, plural nineler)

1. grandmother

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	nine
Definite accusative	nineyi
	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