name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɛnɪad/
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name
Meaning 1
The collection of nine gods worshipped at Heliopolis and taking part in the Heliopolitan creation myth, together representing the sum of all the elements of the created world: Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Nut, Geb, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys.
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noun
Meaning 2
The number nine.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
Any grouping or system containing nine objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 4
One of the six parts of the writings of the Greek-speaking philosopher Plotinus (c. 204–205 – 270), each containing nine treatises, compiled by his student Porphyry (c. 234 – c. 305).
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Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nine, 9, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina
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Broader terms: digit, figure
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐννεάς (Enneás), itself a calque of Egyptian psḏt (“nine, nineness, ennead”), from psḏw (“nine”).
From Ancient Greek ἐννεάς (enneás), ἐννεάδος (enneádos, “body of nine”) + -ad (suffix designating a unit); analysable as ennea- + -ad. The Greek words ἐννεάς and ἐννεάδος are derived from ἐννέᾰ (ennéă, “nine”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h1néwn̥ (“nine”)) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, suffix forming abstract nouns of number from numerals) or -ος (-os).
See ennead.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Egyptian:
N10:t-R8A-G7-Z3
(psḏt)
— collection of nine gods worshipped at Heliopolis
Egyptian:
Z1*Z1*Z1:Z1*Z1*Z1-Z1*Z1*Z1:t
(psḏt)
— grouping or system containing nine objects
