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ninth

adj · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American, UK: nīnth
  • General-American, UK: /naɪnθ/
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  • rhymes with -aɪnθ
  • CMU ARPABET: N AY1 N TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

The ordinal form of the number nine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The person or thing in the ninth position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

One of nine equal parts of a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To lose a ninth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To divide by nine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 9th

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

one part in nine equal parts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: one-ninth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: common fraction, simple fraction

9

noun

Meaning 9

position nine in a countable series of things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • going into the ninth they were a run ahead

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rank

History

Etymology

From Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; the -n- was reinserted by analogy with nine. Equivalent to nine + -th (ordinal suffix).

Across languages

Translations

196 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: negende — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Albanian: nëntë — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Southern Altai: тогузынчы (toguzïnčï) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Arabic: تَاسِع (tāsiʕ) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Arabic: تَاسِعَة (tāsiʕa) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Arabic: تاسع (tāsiʕ) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Armenian: իններորդ (innerord) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Asturian: novenu — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Azerbaijani: doqquzuncu — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Bashkir: туғыҙынсы (tuğıźınsı) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Basque: bederatzigarren — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Belarusian: дзявя́ты (dzjavjáty) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Bengali: নবম (nobom) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Breton: navvet — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Bulgarian: деве́ти (devéti) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Burmese: နဝမ (na.wa.ma.) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Buryat: юһэдэхи (juhedexi) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Carpathian Rusyn: девя́тый (devjátŷj) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Catalan: novè — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Chinese Mandarin: 第九 (dìjiǔ) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Crimean Tatar: doquzıncı — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Czech: devátý — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Danish: niende — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Dutch: negende — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Esperanto: naŭa — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Estonian: üheksas — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Evenki: егӣ (jegī) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Faroese: níggjundi — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Finnish: yhdeksäs — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • French: neuvième — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • French: neuf — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Old French: neufyesme — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • North Frisian: njüügenst — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • North Frisian: neägens — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • West-Frisian: njoggende — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Gagauz: dokuzuncu — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Galician: noveno — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Galician: nono — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Georgian: მეცხრე (mecxre) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • German: neunte — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (niunda) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Greek: ένατος (énatos) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Ancient Greek: ἔνατος (énatos) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Greenlandic: qulingiluaat — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Hawaiian: iwa — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Hebrew: תשיעי (tshi'i) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Hindi: नवां (navā̃) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Hungarian: kilencedik — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Icelandic: níggjundi — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Ido: nonesma — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Indonesian: kesembilan — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Ingrian: yheksäs — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Interlingua: none — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Irish: naoú — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Italian: nono — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Japanese: 九番目 (kyūban-me) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Kalmyk: йисдгч (yisdgç) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Kazakh: тоғызыншы (toğyzynşy) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Khakas: тоғызынӌы (toğızıncı) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Khmer: ទីប្រាំបួន (tii pram buən) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Korean: 아홉째 (ahopjjae) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Central Kurdish: نۆیەم (noyem) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Kyrgyz: тогузунчу (toguzuncu) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Lao: ທີ່ເກົ້າ (thī kao) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Latgalian: deveits — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Latin: nonus — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Latvian: devītais — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Lithuanian: devintas — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Macedonian: деветти (devetti) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Malagasy: fahasivy — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Malay: kesembilan — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Malayalam: ഒമ്പതാം (ompatāṁ) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Malayalam: ഒമ്പതാമത്തെ (ompatāmatte) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Maltese: id-disa’ — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Manchu: ᡠᠶᡠᠴᡳ (uyuci) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Manx: nuyoo — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Māori: tuaiwa — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Māori: te iwa — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Mauritian Creole: neviem — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Mongolian: есдүгээр (jesdügeer) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Mongolian: есдэх (jesdex) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Navajo: náhástʼéí góneʼ — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Norwegian Bokmål: niende — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: niande — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Occitan: noven — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Old Church Slavonic: девѧтъ (devętŭ) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Old Prussian: newints — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Old Prussian: newīnts — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Old Prussian: newyntz — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Pali: navama — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Persian: نهم (nohom) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Plautdietsch: näajenda — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Polish: dziewiąty — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Portuguese: nono — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Romanian: nouălea — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Russian: девя́тый (devjátyj) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Northern Sami: ovccát — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Skolt-Sami: ååucad — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Samogitian: devints — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Sanskrit: नवम (navama) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Scots: nint — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Scottish Gaelic: naoidheamh — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Serbo-Croatian: девети — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Serbo-Croatian: deveti — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Shor: тоғузынчы — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Sinhalese: නවවැනි (nawawæni) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Slovak: deviaty — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Slovene: deveti — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Lower Sorbian: źewjety — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Upper Sorbian: dźewjaty — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Spanish: noveno — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Spanish: nono — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Swahili: ya tisa — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Swedish: nionde — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Tagalog: ikasiyam — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Tajik: нуҳум (nuhum) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Tamil: ஒன்பதாம் (oṉpatām) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Tamil: ஒன்பதாவது (oṉpatāvatu) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Tatar: тугызынчы (tuğızınçı) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Thai: ที่เก้า (tîi-gâo) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Tocharian B: ñunte — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Turkish: dokuzuncu — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Turkmen: dokuzynjy — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Ukrainian: дев'я́тий (devʺjátyj) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Urdu: نواں (navā̃) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Uzbek: toʻqqizinchi — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Vietnamese: thứ chín — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Volapük: zülid — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Welsh: nawfed — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Yakut: тохсус (toqsus) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Yiddish: נײַנט (naynt) — ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
  • Arabic: تاسع (tāseʕ) — something in the ninth position
  • Arabic: تاسعة (tasʕa) — something in the ninth position
  • Armenian: իններորդ (innerord) — something in the ninth position
  • Basque: bederatzigarren — something in the ninth position
  • Catalan: novè — something in the ninth position
  • Catalan: novena — something in the ninth position
  • Czech: devátý — something in the ninth position
  • Dutch: negende — something in the ninth position
  • Estonian: üheksas — something in the ninth position
  • Finnish: yhdeksäs — something in the ninth position
  • French: neuvième — something in the ninth position
  • Old French: neufyesme — something in the ninth position
  • German: Neunter — something in the ninth position
  • Hungarian: kilencedik — something in the ninth position
  • Interlingua: nono — something in the ninth position
  • Interlingua: nona — something in the ninth position
  • Italian: nono — something in the ninth position
  • Italian: nona — something in the ninth position
  • Latin: nonus — something in the ninth position
  • Lithuanian: devintas — something in the ninth position
  • Lithuanian: devinta — something in the ninth position
  • Māori: tuaiwa — something in the ninth position
  • Portuguese: nono — something in the ninth position
  • Portuguese: nona — something in the ninth position
  • Romanian: al nouălea — something in the ninth position
  • Romanian: a noua — something in the ninth position
  • Serbo-Croatian: deveti — something in the ninth position
  • Spanish: noveno — something in the ninth position
  • Spanish: novena — something in the ninth position
  • Swedish: nia — something in the ninth position
  • Turkish: dokuzuncu — something in the ninth position
  • Vietnamese: phần chín — something in the ninth position
  • Arabic: تُسْع (tusʕ) — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Arabic: تسع (tusʕ) — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Arabic: واحد على تسعة (wāḥid ʔala tisʔa) — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Armenian: իններորդ (innerord) — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Asturian: novenu — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Bulgarian: девета (deveta) — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Catalan: novè — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Czech: devítina — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Esperanto: naŭono — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Finnish: yhdeksäsosa — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Finnish: yhdeksännes — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • French: neuvième — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Old French: neufyesme — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Galician: noveno — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Georgian: მეცხრედი (mecxredi) — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • German: Neuntel — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Hawaiian: hapaiwa — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Hungarian: kilenced — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Interlingua: nono — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Italian: nono — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Latin: nonum — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Lithuanian: devintadalis — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Māori: hauiwa — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Portuguese: nono — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Romanian: noime — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Russian: девятая — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Spanish: noveno — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Swedish: niondel — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Yiddish: נײַנטל (nayntl) — one of nine equal parts of a whole
  • Hungarian: nóna — musical interval
  • Japanese: 九度 (kudo) — musical interval
  • Polish: nona — musical interval
  • Romanian: nonă — musical interval
Real reading context

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