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Meaning of nine | Babel Free

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.
    Games
  13. A set of nine persons or things, especially:a. Baseball The nine players on a side, or the whole team.
    Baseball

Equivalents

Deutsch neun
Español nueve
Français neuf
Italiano nove
日本語 ナイン 九つ
한국어 나인
Kurdî nîne
Nederlands negen
Português nine nove novena
Русский девятка
中文

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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