nueve

See also: nuève

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nueve     Ordinal : novenu

Etymology

From Latin novem.

Numeral

nueve (indeclinable)

1. nine

Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: nueve     Ordinal: noveno     Ordinal abbreviation: 9.º     Multiplier: nónuple     Fractional: noveno
Spanish Wikipedia article on 9

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish nueve~nuef, from Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa), Portuguese nove, Old English nigon (English nine).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnwebe/ [ˈnwe.β̞e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: nue‧ve

Numeral

nueve

1. nine

Related terms

• nono
• noveno
• noventa
• noviembre

Descendants

• Papiamentu: nuebe
• → Cebuano: nuwebe, nuybe
• → Tagalog: nuwebe

Noun

nueve m (plural nueves)

1. the digit or figure 9

Derived terms

• prueba del nueve

See also

Playing cards in Spanish · cartas (layout · text)
as	dos	tres	cuatro	cinco	seis	siete
ocho	nueve	diez	sota	reina	rey	comodín

Further reading

• “nueve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024