umpteenth

English

WOTD – 6 May 2010

Etymology

From umpteen +‎ -th.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌmp.tiːnθ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːnθ (at the end of a clause)

Adjective

umpteenth (not comparable)

1. (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