NINE


Meaning of NINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnīn ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from nyne, adjective, from Old English nigon; akin to Old High German niun nine, Latin novem, Greek ennea

Date: before 12th century

1. — see number table

2. : the ninth in a set or series

wears a nine

3. : something having nine units or members: as

a. capitalized : the nine Muses

b. : a baseball team

c. : the first or last nine holes of an 18-hole golf course

• nine adjective

• nine pronoun, plural in construction

- to the nines

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.