ninth
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| Cardinal: nine Ordinal: ninth Latinate ordinal: nonary Adverbial: nine times Multiplier: ninefold Latinate multiplier: nonuple Germanic collective: ninesome Collective of n parts: nonuplet Greek or Latinate collective: ennead, nonad Greek collective prefix: ennea- Latinate collective prefix: nona- Fractional: ninth Elemental: nonuplet Number of musicians: nonet Number of years: novennium | ||
Etymology
From Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; the -n- was reinserted by analogy with nine.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ninth (not comparable)
Synonyms
Translations
ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
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Noun
ninth (plural ninths)
- The person or thing in the ninth position.
- One of nine equal parts of a whole.
- (music) 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).
Translations
something in the ninth position
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one of nine equal parts of a whole
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Verb
ninth (third-person singular simple present ninths, present participle ninthing, simple past and past participle ninthed)
- To lose a ninth.
- To divide by nine.
Derived terms
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