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nine

Adjective CEFR A2 Frequent
naɪn

Definitions

  1. A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
  2. Describing a group or set with nine elements.
  3. the digit or figure 9
  4. To the highest degree: dressed to the nines.
  5. dressed to the nines, dressed splendidly, esp. in formal clothing.
  6. having nine (of something). a nine-page booklet. nege مُكَوَّن من تِسْعَة - девето- de nove devíti- neun-... ni- εννεα- (ως α΄ συνθ.) de nueve üheksa- نه تا yhdeksän- à neuf (...) בַּעַל תֵשַע - नहला devetica kilenc- sembilan níu di nove (...) 9- 9개의 devyn(er)ių deviņu- mempunyai sembilan negenni- dziewięcio-, o dziewięciu ... نه عدده de nove de nouă (...) девяти- deväť- ki ima devet (...) deveto- nio- เก้า dokuz... 九…(前綴) дев'яти- نو پر مشتمل có chín 九…(前缀)
  7. a person or animal that is nine years old. nege عُمْرُه تِسع سَنَوات на девет години (pessoa) de nove anos devítiletý (člověk, zvíře atd.) der/die Neunjährige niårig εννιάχρονος (για πρόσωπο ή ζώο) (persona) de nueve años üheksa-aastane نه ساله yhdeksänvuotias (individu, etc.) âgé de neuf ans בֵּן תֵשַע नौ वर्ष का devetogodišnjak kilencéves tahun níu ára gamall (bambino/cosa) di nove anni 9歳の人 9살 devynmetis deviņgadīgais sembilan tahun negenjarige niåring dziewięciolatek نه كلن (pessoa) de no...
  8. (of a person, animal or thing) that is nine years old. negejarig في التاسِعَه من العُمْر деветгодишен de nove anos devítiletý neujährig niårig εννιάχρονος de nueve años üheksa-aastane نه ساله yhdeksänvuotias de neuf ans בֵּן תֵשַע नौ वर्ष का devetogodišnji kilencéves tahun níu ára di nove anni 9歳の 9살의 devynerių metų deviņgadīgs berumur sembilan tahun negenjarig niårs-, niårig dziewięcioletni نه كلن de nove anos de nouă ani девятилетний deväťročný devetleten devetogodišnji nioårig อายุเก้าปี d...
  9. The cardinal number equal to 8 + 1.
  10. The ninth in a set or sequence.
  11. Something having nine parts, units, or members.
  12. Games A playing card marked with nine pips.
  13. A set of nine persons or things, especially:a. Baseball The nine players on a side, or the whole team.

Equivalents

Españolnueve
Françaisneuf
Deutschneun
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العربيةتسعة
Ελληνικάεννέαεννιά
Galegonove
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हिन्दीनवनौ
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Italianonove
Kurdînîne
Latinanovem
Latviešudeviņi
Nederlandsnegen
Portuguêsninenovenovena
Русскийдевятка
සිංහලනමයනවය
Српскиdevetдевет
Sesothorobong
Svenskanio
Türkçedokuz
Tiếng Việtchínkhươm㐱
中文九
繁體中文九

Examples

“Would they want⟳ me to vote⟳ my conscience or would they want⟳ us to unanimously go the whole nine yards, declare⟳ him sane and possibly have⟳ the trial end⟳ up in a death sentence?”
“Of course, for a number⟳ to have⟳ a biography, we need⟳ to assume⟳ that none of its digits are present⟳ more than nine times.”
“Tamunowari Tetenta, a 20-year-old mechanical engineering student, says he has attempted to register⟳ for his NIN on nine different occasions in Port Harcourt, a city southeast of Lagos.”
“A cat has nine lives.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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