Synonyms for nine
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : nahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : naɪn |
Définition of nine
Origin :- Old English nigen, from Proto-Germanic *niwun (cf. Old Saxon nigun, Old Frisian niugun, Old Norse niu, Swedish nio, Middle Dutch neghen, Dutch negen, Old High German niun, German neun, Gothic niun "nine"), from PIE newn "nine" (cf. Sanskrit nava, Avestan nava, Greek ennea, Albanian nende, Latin novem (with change of -n- to -m- by analogy of septem, decem), Lithuanian devnyi, Old Church Slavonic deveti (the Balto-Slavic forms by dissimilation of -n- to -d-), Old Irish noin, Welsh naw).
- Nine to five "the average workday" is attested from 1935. Nine days has been proverbial since 14c. for the time which a wonder or novelty holds attention.
- adj having nine of something
- noun nine of something
- After following Lake Barlee for nine miles, it turned to the southward.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- By half-past nine on the morning of the 18th we had made a fair start.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- It was after nine o'clock and there were few persons passing.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Punctually at nine o'clock on Monday morning, George was at the office.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- When, at last, he rose and picked up his cap; it was nine o'clock.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Rico was almost nine years old, and had been to school for two winters.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- At least nine out of ten races are honestly run—the best horse wins.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- At nine o'clock they were greatly surprised by a ringing of the door-bell.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- They're in them nine tenths of the time to a man's one tenth.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Nine bodies of the enemy were left on the ground, and a standard was captured.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
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