English WOTD – 6 May 2010 Etymology From umpteen + -th. Pronunciation (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈʌmp.tiːnθ/ Audio (US):(file) Rhymes: -iːnθ (at the end of a clause) Adjective umpteenth (not comparable) (informal, often slightly derogatory) Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence. That's the umpteenth time I've had to tell him not to swear in front of the children. 1964, Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →OCLC, page 31:For the umpteenth time, I chickened. Synonyms nth, umpty-umpth, somethingth Related terms umpteen Translations informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series Danish: hundredogsyttende, hundredsyttende Dutch: zoveelste (nl) Finnish: vaikka kuinka mones French: énième (fr) m or f, ixième (fr) m or f German: soundsovielte, zigte, xte, zigste Hungarian: sokadik (hu), x-edik (hu) Italian: ennesimo (it) Norwegian: ørtende Portuguese: enésimo Russian: э́нный (ru) (énnyj), бесчи́сленный (ru) (besčíslennyj) Spanish: enésima (es) Swedish: femtioelfte (sv), sjuttielfte, hundrasjuttielfter, hundrafemtioelfte Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.