nine

Meaning

Noun

• 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).

Related

Similar words

• Roman numerals: IX

Origin

• From Middle English nyne, nine, from Old English nigon, from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.