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number
Nombre 9, entier naturel après huit.
The number 9. It comes after eight and before ten.
Gender: masculin (le/un).
🇬🇧 Ordinal: ninth (the 'e' is dropped: nine → ninth). Common collocations: nine-to-five (working hours), dressed to the nines (dressed very smartly), a stitch in time saves nine (proactive action prevents bigger problems).
'Dressed to the nines' means dressed very elegantly and smartly. 'A stitch in time saves nine' is a proverb meaning that fixing a small problem early prevents it from becoming a bigger one. A cat is said to have nine lives in English folklore.
Exemples
"Il y a neuf bonshommes jouets."
🇬🇧 "There are nine toy men."
"Il y a neuf bouteilles de vin sur la table."
🇬🇧 "There are nine wine bottles on the table."
Texte à trous 🇨🇦 French (Canada)
Il y a ___ bonshommes jouets.