ninth
The ordinal form of the number nine.
Adjective 1 meaning
The ordinal form of the number nine.
Noun 3 meanings
The person or thing in the ninth position.
One of nine equal parts of a whole.
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).
Verb 2 meanings
To lose a ninth.
To divide by nine.
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).
NINTH at a glance
NINTH has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (N 1 + I 1 + N 1 + T 1 + H 4) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,286 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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