You add -th to numbers written in figures and ending in 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13 in order to form ordinal numbers. These numbersare pronounced as if they were written as words. For example, 7th is pronounced the same as 'seventh', and 5th is pronounced the same as 'fifth'.
...Thursday, 10th May, 1990.
...between Broadway and 6th Avenue.
...the 25th amendment to the American constitution.
th in British English
the internet domain name for
Thailand
Th in British English
the chemical symbol for
thorium
-th in British English1
suffix forming nouns
1. (from verbs)
indicating an action or its consequence
growth
2. (from adjectives)
indicating a quality
width
Word origin
from Old English -thu, -tho
-th in British English2
or -eth
suffix
forming ordinal numbers
fourth
thousandth
Word origin
from Old English -( o)tha, -( o)the
Th in American English1
1. Bible
Thessalonians
2.
Thursday
Th in American English2
Chemistry
thorium
-th in American English1
1.
the act of ____ing
growth
2.
the state or quality of being or having
wealth, depth
Word origin
ME -th, -the < OE -thu, -tho, -th, akin to Goth -itha (< IE *-ita > L -ta, Sans -tā): in words such as height, sleight, the -th has become -t
-th in American English2
forming ordinal numerals
fourth, ninth
Also, after a vowel, -eth
Word origin
ME -the < OE -tha, -the, -otha, -othe < IE *-tos > Gr -tos, L -tus; in fifth, sixth, eleventh, twelfth, it replaced the orig. OE -ta, -te
-th in American English3
-eth2
Word origin
ME < OE: see -eth2
Examples of 'th' in a sentence
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I also made her keep an n th file, of those antiques which I'd told her to reject.
Gash, Jonathan THE TARTAN RINGERS
The lift doors sighed open and th man with the scar moved out.
Brierley, David SKORPION'S DEATH
Peter turned his face into my hair and whispered, ` Th my territory, okay?
Kingsolver, Barbara HOMELAND AND OTHER STORIES (1990)