Standard Lemma guide

nth

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • ĕnth
  • /ɛnθ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛnθ
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 N TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Occurring at position n in a sequence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Occurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: umpteenth

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The item at position n in a sequence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

last or greatest in an indefinitely large series

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • to the nth degree

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: n-th

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From n + -th (ordinal suffix).

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: enésimu — occurring at position n
  • Asturian: n-ésimu — occurring at position n
  • Basque: enegarren — occurring at position n
  • Breton: nvet — occurring at position n
  • Catalan: enèsim — occurring at position n
  • Catalan: n-èsim — occurring at position n
  • Chinese Mandarin: 第n (dì n) — occurring at position n
  • Czech: n-tý — occurring at position n
  • Danish: n'te — occurring at position n
  • Esperanto: n-a — occurring at position n
  • Esperanto: noa — occurring at position n
  • Estonian: n-is — occurring at position n
  • Finnish: n:s — occurring at position n
  • Finnish: ännäs — occurring at position n
  • French: énième — occurring at position n
  • French: n-ième — occurring at position n
  • Galician: enésimo — occurring at position n
  • Galician: n-ésimo — occurring at position n
  • German: n-te — occurring at position n
  • Greek: νιοστός (niostós) — occurring at position n
  • Hungarian: n-edik — occurring at position n
  • Indonesian: ke-n — occurring at position n
  • Italian: ennesimo — occurring at position n
  • Italian: n-esimo — occurring at position n
  • Japanese: 第n (dai enu) — occurring at position n
  • Korean: n 번째 (en beonjjae) — occurring at position n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: n-te — occurring at position n
  • Polish: enty — occurring at position n
  • Polish: n-ty — occurring at position n
  • Portuguese: enésimo — occurring at position n
  • Portuguese: n-ésimo — occurring at position n
  • Russian: э́нный (énnyj) — occurring at position n
  • Slovak: n-tý — occurring at position n
  • Spanish: enésimo — occurring at position n
  • Spanish: n-ésimo — occurring at position n
  • Swedish: n:te — occurring at position n
  • Catalan: enèsim — the item at position n
  • Finnish: n:s — the item at position n
  • Finnish: ännäs — the item at position n
  • French: énième — the item at position n
  • French: n-ième — the item at position n
  • Hungarian: n-edik — the item at position n
  • Italian: ennesimo — the item at position n
  • Portuguese: enésimo — the item at position n
  • Spanish: enésimo — the item at position n