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- [nahyn]
- /naɪn/
- /naɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nahyn]
- /naɪn/
Definitions of nine word
- noun nine a cardinal number, eight plus one. 1
- noun nine a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX. 1
- noun nine a set of this many persons or things. 1
- noun nine a baseball team. 1
- noun nine a playing card with nine pips. 1
- noun nine the Nine, the Muses. 1
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Origin of nine
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English nigan, nigon, cognate with Dutch negen, akin to German neun, Old Norse nīu, Gothic niun, Latin novem, Greek ennéa, Sanskrit náva
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Parts of speech for Nine
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nine popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
nine usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for nine
noun nine
- ennead — A group or set of nine.
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