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nine

(nīn)

1. The cardinal number equal to 8 + 1.

2. The ninth in a set or sequence.

3. Something having nine parts, units, or members.

4. Games A playing card marked with nine pips.

5. A set of nine persons or things, especially:

a. Baseball The nine players on a side, or the whole team.

b. Nine Greek Mythology The nine Muses.

6. A size, as in clothing or shoes, designated as nine.

7. Sports The first or second 9 holes of an 18-hole golf course.

Idiom:

to the nines Informal

To the highest degree: dressed to the nines.

[Middle English, from Old English nigon; see newn̥ in Indo-European roots.]

nine adj. & pron.

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nine

(naɪn)

1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight. See also number¹

2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number

3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playing card with nine symbols on it

4. Also: nine o'clock nine hours after noon or midnight: the play starts at nine.

5. dressed to the nines dressed up to the nines informal elaborately dressed

6. 999 (in Britain) the telephone number of the emergency services

7. (Commerce) nine to five normal office hours: he works nine to five; a nine-to-five job.

determiner

a. amounting to nine: nine days.

b. (as pronoun): nine of the ten are ready.

[Old English nigon; related to Gothic niun, Latin novem]

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nine

(naɪn)

n.

1. a cardinal number, eight plus one.

2. a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. a baseball team.

5. the Nine, the Muses.

adj.

6. amounting to nine in number.

Idioms:

dressed to the nines, dressed splendidly, esp. in formal clothing.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English nigan, c. Old Frisian, Dutch negen; akin to Old High German niun (German neun), Old Norse nīu, Latin novem, Greek ennéa, Skt náva]

Nine

a set of nine persons, players, etc.; a baseball team, 1866; the nine muses, 1600.

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Noun	1.	nine - the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one 9, ennead, IX, Nina from Carolina, niner digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
	2.	nine - a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; "each club played six home games with teams in its own division" ball club, baseball club, club baseball team - a team that plays baseball baseball league - a league of baseball teams
	3.	nine - one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face nine-spot spot - a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot"
Adj.	1.	nine - denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten 9, ix cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

nine

determiner

Related words
combining form nona-

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Translations

التاسِعالرَّقم 9تسعةتِسْعَةسِن التاسِعَه

nounovena

devětdevět letdevítiletýdevítka

ninier

neun

εννέα εννιά

naŭ

nueve

üheksa

yhdeksän

neuf

devet

kilenckilences

sembilan

níuníu ára

nove possedere nove decimi di avere ritrovo per giocatori di golf secolo diciannovesimo sulla novantina

九

novem

devynidevyneridevyneriosdevyneriųdevynerių metų

deviņgadīgsdeviņideviņu gadu vecumsdevītnieks

negen

ni niårsalder

dziewięćdziewiątka

nove

nouă

девять девятеро девятка

deväťdeväť rokov

devet

девет

nio

เก้า

dokuzdokuz yaşıdokuz yaşında

chín

九九个的九岁九岁的

nine

[nain]

A. ADJ → nueve
nine-to-five job → trabajo m de nueve a cinco
nine times out of ten → casi siempre, en el noventa por ciento de los casos
a nine days' wonder → una maravilla de un día

B. N → nueve m
to be dressed up to the nines (Brit) → ir de punta en blanco
to get dressed up to the nines → ponerse de punta en blanco
see five for usage

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nine

[ˈnaɪn] num → neuf
She's nine → Elle a neuf ans.
nine times out of ten → neuf fois sur dix
to be dressed up to the nines → être tiré(e) à quatre épingles
see also six

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

nine

adj → neun; nine times out of ten → in neun Zehntel der Fälle, so gut wie immer; to have nine lives → ein zähes Leben haben; a nine days’ wonder → eine Eintagsfliege (inf)

n → Neun f; dressed (up) to the nines → in Schale (inf) ? also six

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

nine

[naɪn] adj & n → nove (m) inv
nine times out of ten (fig) → nove volte su dieci
they were dressed up to the nines → si erano messi in pompa magna
for usage see five

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

nine

(nain) noun

1. the number or figure 9.

2. the age of 9.

adjective

1. 9 in number.

2. aged 9.

nine-

having nine (of something). a nine-page booklet.

ninth noun

1. one of nine equal parts.

2. (also adjective) the last of nine (people, things etc); the next after the eighth.

ˈnine-year-old noun

a person or animal that is nine years old.

adjective

(of a person, animal or thing) that is nine years old.

nine

→ تِسْعَة devět ni neun εννέα nueve yhdeksän neuf devet nove 九 9 negen ni dziewięć nove девять nio เก้า dokuz chín 九

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