nonuple

See also: nonuplé

English

Noun

nonuple (plural nonuples)

  1. A ninefold amount or number.
    • 1807, John Holden, An Essay towards a Rational System of Music, page 78:
      The beginning of the measure is always at I; and in the nonuple of crotchets, each single pulse repesents a quaver, and the single pair a crotchet; and here the measure has three motions, like slow triple time.

French

Noun

nonuple m (plural nonuples)

  1. (Scrabble) A move whose score is multiplied by nine.
  2. (Scrabble) An area on the board where such a move is possible.

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

nonuple

  1. feminine plural of nonuplo
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