ninth

Meaning

Adj

The ordinal form of the number nine.

Noun

1. The person or thing in the ninth position.
2. One of nine equal parts of a whole.
3. 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

1. To lose a ninth.
2. To divide by nine.

Synonyms

one-ninth

9th

nine

ninth part

nonary

novenary

ninthly

Translations

neuvième

9th

nono

9th

noveno

9th

novè

9th

nono

9th

negende

9th

neunte

9th

nonus

9th

nona

ένατος

nono

9th

neuntes

neunter

dokuzuncu

9th

Pronounced as (IPA)

/naɪnθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nynthe

Inherited from Old English: niġoþa

In summary

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).

Sentences

He was the ninth child and the first boy after eight girls .

In terms of size it is the ninth largest region of the Czech Republic .