thousandth

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English

More information 1,000 ...
English numbers (edit)
10,000[a], [b]
 ←  100  ←  900 1,000 2,000  → 
100
    Cardinal: thousand
    Ordinal: thousandth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 1000th
    Multiplier: thousandfold
    Germanic collective: chiliad
    Metric collective prefix: kilo-
    Metric fractional prefix: milli-
    Number of years: millennium, kiloannum, kiloyear
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Alternative forms

  • (abbreviations) 1000th, 1000th (also written with a comma following the 1 or, in technical usage, with a thin space following the 1)

Etymology

From thousand + -th (suffix forming an ordinal number).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθaʊzəndtθ/, IPA(key): /ˈθaʊzəntθ/, IPA(key): /ˈθaʊzəndð/, IPA(key): /ˈθaʊzənθ/, IPA(key): /ˈθaʊzənð/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊzəntθ
  • Hyphenation: thou‧sandth

Adjective

thousandth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.

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Noun

thousandth (plural thousandths)

  1. (singular only) The person or thing in the thousandth position.
  2. One of a thousand equal parts of a whole.

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