nine

nine · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The number equivalent to the product of three and three; one more than eight; 9.

  2. 2.

    A group or unit of nine people or things.

  3. 3.

    Nine o'clock.

  4. 4.

    A playing card or domino with nine pips.

Forms

plural: nines

Related words

See also: eight, number, ten

Etymology

From Old English "nigon," from Proto-Germanic "newun," from Proto-Indo-European "h₁newn̥." Cognate with Latin "novem," Greek "ennea," and German "neun."