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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ĕnth
/ɛnθ/
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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