nine

See also: Nine, níne, and niné

English

English numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: nine     Ordinal: ninth     Latinate ordinal: nonary     Adverbial: nine times     Multiplier: ninefold     Latinate multiplier: nonuple     Germanic collective: ninesome     Collective of n parts: 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-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nīn, IPA^(key): /naɪn/, [naɪ̯n]

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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)
• Afrikaans: nege (af)
• Ainu: シネペサン (shinepesan)
• Albanian: nëntë (sq)
• Alutiiq: qulnguyan
• Amharic: ዘጠኝ (am) (zäṭäñ) (numeral: ፱ (9))
• Apache:

  Western Apache: góst'áí

• Arabic: تِسْعَة (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: ܐܬܫܥ m (ʾetšaʿ), ܬܫܥܐ f (tešʿaʾ)

• Armenian: ինը (hy) (inə), ինն (hy) (inn)
• Aromanian: noauã
• Assamese: ন (na)
• Asturian: nueve (ast)
• Aymara: llätunka
• Azerbaijani: doqquz (az)
• Balinese: siə
• Banjarese: sambilan
• Bashkir: туғыҙ (tuğıź)
• Basque: bederatzi (eu)
• Belarusian: дзе́вяць (dzjévjacʹ), дзявя́цера (dzjavjácjera)
• Bengali: নয় (noẏ) (numeral: ৯)
• Breton: nav (br)
• Bulgarian: де́вет (bg) (dévet)
• Burmese: ကိုး (my) (kui:) (numeral: ၉ (my) (9))
• Buryat: юһэн (juhen)
• Catalan: nou (ca)
• 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)
• Chichewa: sanu n'zinayi
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 九 (yue) (gau²)

  Dungan: җю (ži͡u)

  Hakka: 九 (kiú)

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

  Min Bei: ^{(please verify)} 九 (kiu)

  Min Dong: 九 (gāu, giū)

  Min Nan: 九 (kiú, káu, kiáu)

  Wu: 九 (jieu)

• 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)
• Dutch: negen (nl)
• Erzya: вейксе (vejkśe)
• Esperanto: naŭ (eo)
• Estonian: üheksa (et)
• Even: уюн (ujun)
• Evenki: егин (jegin)
• Faroese: níggju
• 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)
• Gilbertese: ruiwa
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun)
• Greek: εννέα (el) (ennéa), θ΄ (numeral)

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

• Greenlandic: qulingiluat (kl)
• 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)
• Hindi: नौ (hi) (nau) (numeral: ९ (hi) (9))
• Hopi: pept
• Hungarian: kilenc (hu)
• Hunsrik: nein
• Icelandic: níu (is)
• Ido: non (io)
• Indonesian: sembilan (id)
• Interlingua: nove (ia)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: naoi (ga)
• Istriot: gnove
• Italian: nove (it)
• Japanese: 九 (ja) (く, ku, きゅう, kyū), 九つ (ja) (ここのつ, kokonotsu)
• Javanese: saŋa
• Jurchen: uyun
• Kabardian: бгъу (bğʷu)
• Kannada: ಒಂಬತ್ತು (kn) (ombattu) (numeral: ೯ (kn) (9))
• Karachay-Balkar: тогъуз (toğuz)
• Karelian: yhekšän
• Kashubian: dzewiãc
• Kazakh: тоғыз (kk) (toğyz)
• Khakas: тоғыс (toğıs)
• Khmer: ប្រាំបួន (km) (pram buon) (numeral: ៩ (9))
• Komi-Zyrian: ӧкмыс (ökmys)
• Korean: 아홉 (ko) (ahop), 구 (ko) (gu) (九 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

  Sorani: نۆ (no)

• 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
• 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
• Malagasy: sivy (mg)
• Malay:

  Jawi: سمبيلن, سلاڤن, ناوا

  Rumi: sembilan (ms), selapan, nawa

• Malayalam: ഒന്പതു (onpatu) (numeral: ൯ (ml) (9)) (numeral: ൯)
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• Maltese: disgħa (mt)
• Manchu: ᡠᠶᡠᠨ (uyun)
• Mangarevan: iva
• Mansi:
• Manx: nuy
• Maore Comorian: shendra
• Maori: iwa (mi)
• Marathi: नऊ (naū)
• Mari:
• Maricopa: nyimxanok
• Marshallese: ratimjuon
• Minangkabau: sambilan
• Moksha: вейхкса (vejhksa)
• Mongolian: ес (mn) (jes), ^{(please verify)} ᠢᠰᠦᠨ (isün) (numeral: ᠙)
• Montagnais: peikushteu
• Muong: chỉn
• Nahuatl: chicuei
• Nama: khoese
• Nanai: хуюн (hujun)
• Navajo: náhástʼéí
• Negidal: ийэғин
• Nepali: नौ (ne) (nau)
• Niuean: hiva
• Norman: neuf
• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: njüügen

  Helgoland: neägen

  Mooring: nüügen

  Sylt: niigen

• Norwegian: ni (no)
• Novial:
• O'odham: hemuckam
• Occitan: nòu (oc)
• Ojibwe: zhaangaswi
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: девѧть

• Old English: nigon
• Old Frisian: niūgun
• Oriya: ନଅ (or) (na'a) (numeral: ୯ (9))
• Ossetian: фараст (farast)
• Ottoman Turkish: طقوز (doquz)
• Pashto: نهه (ps) (nëhë)
• Pennsylvania German: nein
• Persian: نُه (fa) (noh) (numeral: ۹)
• Polish: dziewięć (pl), (collective) dziewięcioro (pl)
• Portuguese: nove (pt)
• Punjabi: ਨੌਂ (nauṅ) (numeral: ੯ (9))
• Quechua: isqun, isgon
• Rapa Nui: ka iva
• Rarotongan: iva
• Romani: inja

  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)
• Sami:

  Inari: oovce

  Northern: ovcci

  Skolt: ååuʹc, åʹhcc

  Southern: uktsie

• Samoan: iva
• Sanskrit: नवन् (sa) (navan)
• Sardinian: noe, noi, nobe

  Campidanese: noi

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

  Cyrillic: девет

  Roman: devet

• Shan: ၵဝ်ႈ (kaw3) (numeral: ႙)
• Sichuan Yi: ꈬ (ggu)
• Sicilian: novi (scn)
• Sikkimese: གུ (gu)
• Silesian: dźewjyńć
• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• 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: neygi
• Sundanese: salapan (su)
• Swahili: tisa (sw)
• Swedish: nio (sv)
• Tagalog: siyam (tl), nuwebe
• Tahitian: iva
• Tai Dam: cảu
• Tajik: нуҳ (tg) (nuh), нӯҳ (tg) (nüh)
• Tamil: ஒன்பது (ta) (oṉpatu) (numeral: ௯)
• Tashelhit: tza m or f
• Tatar: тугыз (tt) (tuğız)
• Telugu: తొనిమిది (tonimidi), తొమ్మిది (te) (tommidi) (numeral: ౯ (te) (9))
• Thai: เก้า (th) (gâao) (numeral: ๙ (th) (9))
• Tibetan: དགུ (dgu)
• 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)
• 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: ühesää, үхесээ
• Võro: ütessä
• Wakhi: naw
• Walloon: noûf
• Waray-Waray: nuybi
• Warlpiri: ɟaɻukutu
• Welsh: naw (cy)
• West Frisian: njoggen (fy)
• 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
• Zarma: yegga
• Zazaki: new
• Zhuang: gouj (Sawndip 九)
• Zulu: isishiyagalolunye
• Zuni: denalekk'ya

set or group with nine components

• Catalan: novena (ca) f
• Lithuanian: devyneri (lt) m, devynerios f
• Portuguese: novena (pt) f
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• 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
• 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)
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• Hungarian: kilences (hu)
• Italian: nove (it)
• Lithuanian: devynetas (lt) m
• Macedonian: деветка f (devetka)
• Malayalam: ഒൻപത് (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

• Catalan: nou (ca) m
• Danish: nier (da) c
• Esperanto: naŭo
• Faroese: níggju n pl
• Finnish: yhdeksikkö (fi), ysi (fi) (slang)
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• 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 (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)
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• 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

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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

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Middle English

Numeral

nine

1. Alternative form of nyne

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Mongghul

Adjective

1. female

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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.

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronoun

niné

1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

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Turkish

Noun

nine (definite accusative nineyi, plural nineler)

1. grandmother

See also

• büyükanne, anneanne, babaanne