[nʌɪn], (Numeral)

Definitions:
- equivalent to the product of three and three; one more than eight, or one less than ten; 9
(e.g: nine European countries)


Phrases:
- nine tenths
- nine times out of ten
- to the nines

Origin:
Old English nigon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch negen and German neun, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit nava, Latin novem, and Greek ennea