nine

Meanings

Plural: nines

Noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face
The digit or figure 9.
A playing card with nine pips.
A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).

Adjective Satellite

denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten

Num

A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
Describing a group or set with nine elements.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*h₁néwn̥
From Middle English nyne, nine, from Old English nigon (“nine”), from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Scots neen, nine (“nine”), Saterland Frisian njúgen (“nine”), West Frisian njoggen (“nine”), Dutch negen (“nine”), German Low German negen (“nine”), German neun (“nine”), Danish ni (“nine”), Swedish nio (“nine”), Icelandic níu (“nine”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun, “nine”), Latin novem (“nine”), Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”), Sanskrit नवन् (navan, “nine”).

Synonyms

9, ball club, baseball club, club, ennead, ix, IX, Nina from Carolina, nine-spot, niner

Scrabble Score: 4

nine is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
nine is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nine is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

nine is a valid Words With Friends word