"ennead" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛnɪad/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ennead.wav Forms: enneads [plural]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἐννεάς}} Ancient Greek ἐννεάς (enneás), {{suffix|en||ad|pos2=suffix designating a unit}} + -ad (suffix designating a unit), {{confix|en|ennea|ad}} ennea- + -ad, {{lang|grc|ἐννεάς}} ἐννεάς, {{lang|grc|ἐννεάδος}} ἐννεάδος, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁néwn̥||nine}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ennead (plural enneads)
  1. (obsolete) The number nine. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Collectives, Nine
    Sense id: en-ennead-en-noun-dj838rCM Disambiguation of Collectives: 46 54 Disambiguation of Nine: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Egyptian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian translations: 51 49
  2. (rare) Any grouping or system containing nine objects. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Collectives Coordinate_terms (group): monad Translations (grouping or system containing nine objects): Z1*Z1*Z1:Z1*Z1*Z1-Z1*Z1*Z1:t (psḏt) (Egyptian)
    Sense id: en-ennead-en-noun-x8yfrIvM Disambiguation of Collectives: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ennea-, English terms suffixed with -ad, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Egyptian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ennea-: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'group': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'grouping or system containing nine objects': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nonad, nonet Hypernyms: novennium (english: years) Derived forms: Ennead, enneadic Related terms: nonet

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "word": "ennead"
}

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