nonet
English
Etymology
Italian nonetto, from nono (“ninth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɒˈnɛt/
| ← 8 | 9 | 10 → |
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| Cardinal: nine Ordinal: ninth Latinate ordinal: nonary Adverbial: nine times Multiplier: ninefold Latinate multiplier: nonuple Collective: ninesome Multiuse collective: nonuplet Greek or Latinate collective: ennead, nonad Greek collective prefix: ennea- Latinate collective prefix: nona- Fractional: ninth Elemental: nonuplet Greek prefix: enato- Number of musicians: nonet Number of years: novennium | ||
Noun
nonet (plural nonets)
- (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.
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- (physics) A group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles.
- Hypernym: multiplet
- (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.
- 2005, Mark R. Crispin, RFC 4042: UTF-9 and UTF-18
Translations
composition
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group of nine particles
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Anagrams
- Tenno, tenno, tenon, tonne
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French nonet.
Noun
nonet n (plural nonete)
- nonet
Declension
Declension of nonet
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) nonet | nonetul | (niște) nonete | nonetele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) nonet | nonetului | (unor) nonete | nonetelor |
| vocative | nonetule | nonetelor | ||
References
- nonet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN