secondth
/ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
secondth is the nonstandard form of second.
Meaning of second
Adjective
second (not comparable)
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
- He lives on Second Street.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- His job is second priority, because his family is the most important thing in his life.
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
- Residents of Texas prepared for Hurricane Harvey, which would in some ways turn out to become the second Hurricane Katrina.
Forms of secondth
| plural | secondths |
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Origin of secondth
From second + -th (ordinal suffix), by analogy with fourth, fifth, etc. Compare the replacement of Early Modern English fift and sixt with fifth and sixth.
Questions about secondth
- What is secondth the nonstandard form of?
- Secondth is the nonstandard form of second.
- How do you pronounce secondth?
- Secondth is pronounced /ˈsɛkən(t)θ/.
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