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nine

/naɪn/ noun

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In Latin: novem Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about nine at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
  2. A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together.
    each club played six home games with teams in its own division
  3. One of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face.

adjective

  1. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.

Origin

PIE word *h₁néwn̥ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Germanic *newunt Proto-Germanic *newun Proto-West Germanic *neun Proto-West Germanic *nigun Old English nigon Middle English nyn English nine 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”).

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