ninth
UK/naɪnθ/
ninth adjective: the ordinal form of the number nine.
Adjective
ninth (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number nine.
- Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019
- Kash Patel, born to Gujarati parents in New York in 1980, was sworn in as the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday, in the presence of his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins and his family.2025 February 22, “Who is Alexis Wilkins? FBI director Kash Patel takes oath in girlfriend's presence”, in The Hindustan Times, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2025
Noun
ninth (plural ninths)
- The person or thing in the ninth position.
- One of nine equal parts of a whole.
- 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
ninth (third-person singular simple present ninths, present participle ninthing, simple past and past participle ninthed)
- To lose a ninth.
- οὐ[δ̓] ὲνατεὐεται, should be translated “a tithe (offering or fee) is not given (or paid)”, “no tithing” (literally, “a ninth is not given”, “no ninth-ing”, if I may coin such a word).1973, Herakles on Thasos, page 79
- A yearling "is ninthed" for Semele on Myconos (LSCG 96.23–24); the victim "is not ninthed" for Heracles Thasios2010, Religion and Reconciliation in Greek Cities: The Sacred Laws of Selinus and Cyrene, page 161
- To divide by nine.
- THE NINTHER-MEAN COMBINATION When data are only a little worse than usual, so far as wild and straggling values are concerned, we can do well enough by taking means of the results of ninthing.2014, Contributions to Survey Sampling and Applied Statistics: Papers in Honor of H.O Hartley
ninth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ninth in Hindi
- ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
- नवां navā̃
ninth in Tamil
- ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
- ஒன்பதாம் oṉpatām, ஒன்பதாவது oṉpatāvatu
ninth in Marathi
- ninth
- नववे navve
ninth in Urdu
- ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
- نواں navā̃
More languagesFewer languages
- ninth in Bengali
- নবম nobom
- ninth in Telugu
- నవమము navamamu, తొమ్మిదవ tommidava
- ninth in Malayalam
- ഒമ്പതാം ompatāṁ, ഒമ്പതാമത്തെ ompatāmatte
- ninth in Kannada
- ನವಮ navama
- ninth in Punjabi
- ਨੌਂਵਾਂ naũvā̃
- ninth in Gujarati
- નવમું navmũ
- ninth in Sanskrit
- नवम navama
- ninth in Sinhala
- නවවැනි nawawæni
- ninth in Tagalog
- ikasiyam
- ninth in Arabic
- تَاسِع tāsiʕ, تَاسِعَة tāsiʕa, تُسْع tusʕ
- ninth in Malay
- kesembilan
- ninth in Indonesian
- kesembilan
- ninth in Persian
- نهم nohom
- ninth in Thai
- ที่เก้า tîi-gâo
- ninth in Vietnamese
- thứ chín, phần chín
- ninth in Myanmar
- နဝမ na.wa.ma.
Examples of ninth in a sentence
- Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth.
- It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.
- It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs.
Synonyms of ninth
Forms of ninth
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative misspelling | nineth |
| Noun | |
| plural | ninths |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ninths |
| present participle | ninthing |
| past participle | ninthed |
| past | ninthed |
Origin of ninth
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).
Words formed from ninth
- ninthly
- augmented ninth
- bottom of the ninth
- curse of the ninth
- diminished ninth
- eighty-ninth
- fifty-ninth
- forty-ninth
- forty-ninth parallel
- major ninth
- minor ninth
- ninety-ninth
- ninth chord
- ninth cranial nerve
- ninth grade
- ninth grader
- ninth-inning
- one-ninth
- one ninth
- seventy-ninth
- sixty-ninth
- thirty-ninth
- twenty-ninth
Phrases with ninth
Words that rhyme with ninth
Questions about ninth
- What does ninth mean?
- Ninth means the ordinal form of the number nine.
- What is ninth in Hindi?
- Ninth in Hindi is नवां (navā̃). See Ninth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ninth?
- Ninth can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce ninth?
- Ninth is pronounced /naɪnθ/ (UK).
Words near ninth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ninth (page history and authors); नववे (Marathi) (page history and authors); తొమ్మిదవ (Telugu) (page history and authors); ನವಮ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਨੌਂਵਾਂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); નવમું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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