thousandth
Syllables: thou·sandth/ˈθaʊzən(d)θ/
thousandth adjective: the ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
Adjective
thousandth (not comparable)
- The ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
Noun
thousandth (plural thousandths)
- The person or thing in the thousandth position.
- One of a thousand equal parts of a whole.
- “Ah, Alan,” murmured Dorian, with a sigh, “I wish you had a thousandth part of the pity for me that I have for you.”1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XIV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 256
- We humans are so stuck in the middle of the cosmic scales — in average height, one-hundredth of one-septillionth (10^-24) the size of the observable universe, and with typical life spans of a couple octillion attoseconds. And an attosecond is an eternity compared with the lifetime of the elusive...2023 October 9, Dennis Overbye, “The Science Nobel Winners Were Short and Fast”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2023
thousandth meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Sanskrit
thousandth in Hindi
- ordinal form of 1000 — see also 1000th
- सहस्रवाँ sahasravā̃
- the person or thing in the thousandth position
- सहस्रवाँ sahasravā̃, सहस्रवें sahasravẽ, सहस्रवीं sahasravī̃
- one of a thousand equal parts of a whole
- सहस्रवाँ sahasravā̃
thousandth in Marathi
- ordinal form of 1000 — see also 1000th
- हजारावे hajārāve, हजारावा hajārāvā, हजारावी hajārāvī
- the person or thing in the thousandth position
- हजारावे hajārāve, हजारावा hajārāvā, हजारावी hajārāvī
thousandth in Telugu
- ordinal form of 1000 — see also 1000th
- వెయ్యవ veyyava, వెయ్యో veyyō
thousandth in Sanskrit
- a thousandth or the thousandth
- सहस्र sahásra
More languagesFewer languages
- thousandth in Malay
- keseribu, seperseribu
- thousandth in Persian
- هزارم hezârom
- thousandth in Thai
- ที่หนึ่งพัน tíi-nùeng-pan
Forms of thousandth
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | 1000th |
| Noun | |
| plural | thousandths |
Origin of thousandth
From thousand + -th (suffix forming an ordinal number).
Questions about thousandth
- What does thousandth mean?
- Thousandth means the ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
- What is thousandth in Hindi?
- Thousandth in Hindi is सहस्रवाँ (sahasravā̃), सहस्रवें (sahasravẽ), सहस्रवीं (sahasravī̃). See Thousandth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thousandth?
- Thousandth can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce thousandth?
- Thousandth is pronounced /ˈθaʊzən(d)θ/.
Words near thousandth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thousandth (page history and authors); सहस्र (Sanskrit) (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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