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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ninth /naɪnθ/USA pronunciation adj. - next after the eighth.
n. [countable] - a ninth part, esp. of one;
1/9. - the ninth number of a series;
the one counted as the number nine.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ninth (nīnth),USA pronunciation adj. - next after the eighth;
being the ordinal number for nine. - being one of nine equal parts.
n. - a ninth part, esp. of one (1⁄9).
- the ninth member of a series.
- [Music.]
- a tone distant from another tone by an interval of an octave and a second.
- the interval between such tones.
- harmonic combination of such tones.
adv. - in the ninth place.
- bef. 900; Middle English ninthe (see nine, -th2), replacing Middle English niend (Old English nigend), neogethe, nigethe (Old English nigotha); akin to Old Saxon nigutho, Old Norse nīundi, Gothic niunda
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ninth /naɪnθ/ adj - (usually prenominal) coming after the eighth in counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of nine. Often written: 9th
- (as noun): he came on the ninth, ninth in line
n - one of nine equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
- (as modifier): a ninth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by nine ( 1⁄9)
- an interval of one octave plus a second
- one of two notes constituting such an interval
adv - Also: ninthly after the eighth person, position, event, etc
Etymology: Old English nigotha; related to Old High German niunto, Old Norse nīundi |