nonet

English

Etymology

From Italian nonetto, from nono (“ninth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɒˈnɛt/

English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: nine     Ordinal: ninth     Latinate ordinal: nonary     Adverbial: nine times     Multiplier: ninefold     Latinate multiplier: nonuple     Germanic collective: ninesome     Collective of n parts: nonuplet     Greek or Latinate collective: ennead, nonad     Greek collective prefix: ennea-     Latinate collective prefix: nona-     Fractional: ninth     Elemental: nonuplet     Number of musicians: nonet     Number of years: novennium

Noun

nonet (plural nonets)

1. (music) A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
   • 1955 January 15, The Saturday Review, Recordings Reports: Jazz On LPs, page 38:

     The small-group sides are the best, with the nonet in particular coming through as a sparkling unit that deserves an LP to itself.

2. (physics) A group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles.

   Hypernym: multiplet

3. (computing) A byte of nine bits.
   • 2005, Mark R. Crispin, RFC 4042: UTF-9 and UTF-18:

     The 9-bit nonet is a much more sensible representation.

Translations

composition

• Finnish: nonetti
• Italian: nonetto m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: noneto m

group of nine particles

• Maori: tokoiwa

Anagrams

• Tenno, tenno, tenon, tonne

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nonet.

Noun

nonet n (plural nonete)

1. nonet

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nonet	nonetul		nonete	nonetele
genitive-dative	nonet	nonetului		nonete	nonetelor
vocative	nonetule			nonetelor

References

• nonet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN