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Webster 1913 Edition

Nine

Noun.

The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects.

A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.

The Nine

the nine Muses.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nine

NINE

Adj.

Denoting the number composed of eight and one; as nine men; nine days.

NINE

Noun.

The number composed of eight and one; or the number less by a unit than ten; three times three.

Definition 2025

nine

See also: níne and niné

English

**English numbers**
	90
< 8	9	10 >
Cardinal : nine Ordinal : ninth Multiplier : ninefold

Numeral

nine

(cardinal) A numerical value equal to 9; the number occurring after eight and before ten.
A cat has nine lives.
Describing a set or group with nine components.

Related terms

ninth

Translations

cardinal number

Abaza: жвба ‎(ž°bā)
Abkhaz: жәба ‎(ž°bā)
Adyghe: бгъу ‎(bġ°)
Afrikaans: nege
Ainu: シネペサン ‎(shinepesan)
Albanian: nëntë (sq)
Alutiiq: qulnguyan
Amharic: ዘጠኝ (am) ‎(zäṭäñ) (numeral: ፱ ‎(9))
Arabic: تِسْعَة ‎(tisʿa) (numeral: ٩ ‎(9))
Egyptian Arabic: تسعة ‎(tisʿa)
Aragonese: nueu, nou (an)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܬܫܥܐ m ‎(tišʕā’), ܬܫܥ f ‎(tšaʕ)

Hebrew: תשעא m ‎(tišʕā’), תשע f ‎(tšaʕ)
Armenian: ինը (hy) ‎(inə), ինն (hy) ‎(inn)
Aromanian: noauã
Assamese: ন ‎(na)
Asturian: nueve (ast)
Aymara: llätunka
Azeri: doqquz (az)
Balinese: siə
Banjarese: sambilan
Bashkir: туғыҙ ‎(tuğïð)
Basque: bederatzi (eu)
Belarusian: дзе́вяць ‎(dzjévjacʹ), дзявя́цера ‎(dzjavjácjera)
Bengali: নয় ‎(noy) (numeral: ৯ ‎(9))
Breton: nav (br)
Bulgarian: де́вет ‎(dévet)
Burmese: ကိုး (my) ‎(kui:) (numeral: ၉ ‎(9))
Buryat: юһэн ‎(juhen)
Catalan: nou (ca)
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵥⴰ ‎(tẓa)
Chakma: 𑄚𑄧 ‎(na), 𑄿 (numeral)
Chamicuro: iskon
Chechen: исс ‎(iss)
Cherokee: ᏐᏁᎳ ‎(sonela)
Chichewa: sanu n'zinayi
Chinese:

Cantonese: 九 ‎(gau²)

Hakka: 九 ‎(kiú)

Min Dong: ^{(please verify)}九 ‎(kau), 九 ‎(gau)

Min Bei: ^{(please verify)}九 ‎(kiu)

Min Nan: 九 ‎(kiú, káu, kiáu)

Mandarin: 九 (zh) ‎(jiǔ) (numeral: 玖 (zh))

Wu: 九 ‎(jieu)
Chuvash: тӑххӑр ‎(tăhhăr)
Classical Nahuatl: chiucnāhui
Cornish: naw
Corsican: novi (co)
Crimean Tatar: doquz
Czech: devět (cs)
Dalmatian: nu
Danish: ni (da)
Dena'ina: łq'ich'idi
Dhivehi: ނުވަ ‎(nuva)
Dutch: negen (nl)
Erzya: вейксе ‎(vejkse)
Esperanto: naŭ (eo)
Estonian: üheksa (et)
Evenki: егин
Faroese: níggju
Fijian: ciwa (fj)
Finnish: yhdeksän (fi)
French: neuf (fr)
Friulian: nûf, nûv
Galician: nove (gl)
Garifuna: nefu
Ge'ez: ተስዐቱ m ‎(täsʿätu), ትስዑ f ‎(təsʿu) (numeral: ፱ ‎(9))
Georgian: ცხრა (ka) ‎(cxra)
German: neun (de)
Gilbertese: ruiwa
Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 ‎(niun)
Greek: εννέα (el) ‎(ennéa), θ΄ ‎(th΄) (numeral)
Greenlandic: qulingiluat (kl)
Guaraní: porundy
Gujarati: નવ (gu) ‎(nav) (numeral: ૯ (gu) ‎(9))
Haitian Creole: nèf
Hausa: tar̃à
Hawaiian: iwa, ʻeiwa
Hebrew: תֵּשַׁע (he) f ‎(téiša) (used in counting), תִּשְׁעָה m ‎(tish'a)
Hindi: नौ (hi) ‎(nau) (numeral: ९ (hi) ‎(9))
Hopi: pept
Hungarian: kilenc (hu)
Icelandic: níu (is)
Ido: non (io)
Inari Sami: oovce
Indonesian: sembilan (id)
Interlingua: nove (ia)
Interlingue:
Irish: naoi (ga)
Istriot: gnove
Italian: nove (it)
Japanese: 九 (ja) ‎(く, ku, きゅう, kyū), 九つ (ja) ‎(ここのつ, kokonotsu)
Javanese: saŋa
Norman: neuf
Kannada: ಒಂಬತ್ತು (kn) ‎(oṃbattu) (numeral: ೯ (kn) ‎(9))
Karachay-Balkar: тогъуз ‎(toğuz)
Karelian: yhekšän
Kashubian: dzewiãc
Kazakh: тоғыз (kk) ‎(toğız)
Khakas: тоғыс ‎(toğıs)
Khmer: ប្រាំបួន (km) ‎(pram buon) (numeral: ៩ ‎(9))
Komi-Zyrian: ӧкмыс ‎(ökmys)
Korean: 아홉 (ko) ‎(ahop), 구 (ko) ‎(gu) (九 (ko))
Kurdish:

Kurmanji: neh (ku)

Sorani: نۆ ‎(no)
Kyrgyz: тогуз (ky) ‎(toguz)
Ladin: nuef
Lakota: napčíyuŋka
Lao: ເກົ້າ (lo) ‎(kao) (numeral: ໙ ‎())
Latgalian: deveni m, devenis f
Latin: novem (la)
Latvian: deviņi (lv) m, deviņas f
Lezgi: кӀуьд ‎(kӀüd)
Lithuanian: devyni (lt) m, devynios f
Livonian: īdõks
Lojban: so
Low German:

Dutch Low Saxon: negen (nds)

German Low German: negen (nds)
Luxembourgish: néng (lb)
Macedonian: девет (mk) ‎(devet)
Madurese: saŋaʔ
Malagasy: sivy (mg)
Malay:

Rumi: sembilan (ms), selapan, nawa

Jawi: سمبيلن, سلاڤن, ناوا

Malayalam: ഒന്പതു ‎(onpatu) (numeral: ൯ (ml) ‎(9))
Maltese: disgħa
Manchu: uyun
Mangarevan: iva
Mansi: онтэллов ‎(ontəllow)
Manx: nuy
Maore Comorian: shendra
Maori: iwa (mi)
Mari: индеше ‎(indeše)
Maricopa: nyimxanok
Marshallese: ratimjuon
Minangkabau: sambilan
Moksha: вейхкса ‎(vejxksa)
Mongolian: ес (mn) ‎(jes), ^{(please verify)}ᠢᠰᠦᠨ ‎(isün) (numeral: ᠙)
Montagnais: peikushteu
Nahuatl: chicuei
Nama: khoese
Navajo: náhástʼéí
Nepali: नौ (ne) ‎(nau)
Niuean: hiva
North Frisian:

Föhr-Amrum: njüügen

Helgoland: neägen

Mooring: nüügen

Sylt: niigen
Northern Sami: ovcci
Norwegian: ni (no)
Novial: nin
O'odham: hemuckam
Occitan: nòu (oc)
Ojibwe: zhaangaswi
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: дєвѧть ‎(devętĭ)
Old English: nigon
Old Frisian: niūgun
Oriya: ନଅ (or) ‎(na'a) (numeral: ୯)
Ossetian: фараст ‎(farast)
Ottoman Turkish: طقوز ‎(doquz)
Pashto: نهه (ps) ‎(nëhë)
Persian: نُه (fa) ‎(noh) (numeral: ۹)
Polish: dziewięć (pl), (collective) dziewięcioro (pl)
Portuguese: nove (pt)
Punjabi: ਨੌਂ ‎(nauṅ) (numeral: ੯ ‎(9))
Quechua: isqun, isgon
Rapa Nui: ka iva
Romani: enja
Romanian: nouă (ro)
Romansch: nov, nouv
Russian: де́вять (ru) ‎(dévjatʹ), (collective) де́вятеро (ru) ‎(dévjatero)
Rusyn: де́вять ‎(dévjatʹ)
S'gaw Karen: ခွံ ‎(khwi)
Samoan: iva
Sanskrit: नवम् (sa) ‎(návam)
Sardinian: noe, noi, nobe
Campidanese: noi
Saterland Frisian: njuugen
Scottish Gaelic: naoi, (persons) naoinear m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: девет

Roman: devet
Shan: ၵဝ်ႈ ‎(kaw3)
Sichuan Yi: ꈬ ‎(ggu)
Sicilian: novi (scn)
Sikkimese: གུ ‎(gu)
Silesian: dźewjyńć
Sindhi:
Sinhalese: නවය (si) ‎(navaya)
Skolt Sami: ååuʹc, åʹhcc
Slovak: deväť
Slovene: devét (sl)
Somali: sagaal
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: źewjeś

Upper Sorbian: dźewjeć (hsb)
Spanish: nueve (es)
Sranan Tongo: neygi
Sundanese: salapan (su)
Swahili: tisa (sw)
Swedish: nio (sv)
Tagalog: siyam (tl)
Tahitian: iva
Tajik: нуҳ (tg) ‎(nuh), нӯҳ (tg) ‎(nüh)
Tamil: ஒன்பது (ta) ‎(oṉpatu) (numeral: ௯ ‎(௯))
Tashelhit: tza m, f
Tatar: тугыз (tt) ‎(tuğız)
Telugu: తొనిమిది ‎(tonimidi), తొమ్మిది (te) ‎(tommidi) (numeral: ౯ (te) ‎(9))
Thai: เก้า (th) ‎(kào) (numeral: ๙ (th))
Tibetan: དགུ ‎(dgu)
Tigre: ስዕ ‎(sə‘) (numeral: ፱ ‎(9))
Tigrinya: ትሽዓተ ‎(təšʿatä) (numeral: ፱ ‎(9))
Tocharian A: ñu
Tocharian B: ñu
Tok Pisin: nainpela
Tongan: hiva
Turkish: dokuz (tr)
Turkmen: dokuz (tk)
Tuvaluan: iva
Tuvan: тос ‎(tos)
Tz'utujil: ^{(please verify)}waxaqi
Udmurt: укмыс ‎(ukmys)
Ukrainian: де́в'ять (uk) ‎(dévʺjatʹ), (collective numeral) де́в'ятеро ‎(dévʺjatero)
Umbrian: 𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌 ‎(nuvim)
Unami: pèshkunk
Uyghur: توققۇز (ug) ‎(toqquz)
Uzbek: toʻqqiz (uz)
Venetian: nove (vec)
Veps: ühesa
Vietnamese: chín (vi)
Volapük: zül (vo)
Votic: ühesää, үхесээ
Võro: ütessä
Walloon: noûf
Waray-Waray: nuybi
Warlpiri: ɟaɻukutu
Welsh: naw (cy)
West Frisian: njoggen (fy)
Winnebago: hižąkicųšgųnį
Xhosa: lithoba
Yakut: тоҕус ‎(toğus)
Yiddish: נײַן ‎(nayn)
Yup'ik: qulngunritaraan, qulngunrita'ar
Zarma: yegga
Zulu: isishiyagalolunye
Zuni: denalekk'ya

set or group with nine components

Catalan: novena f
Lithuanian: devyneri (lt) m, devynerios f
Portuguese: novena (pt) f

Russian: девя́тка (ru) f ‎(devjátka)
Swahili: tisa (sw)
Turkish: dokuzlu (tr)

Noun

nine ‎(plural nines)

The digit or figure 9.
(card games) A playing card with nine pips.
(weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
(computing, engineering, chiefly in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.
(baseball) A baseball club, a baseball team (composed of nine players).
- 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:^[1]
  The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.