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ninth

UK/naɪnθ/ US/ˈnaɪnθ/ fairly common
adjective (1) noun (2)

adjective

1.

coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position

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noun

1.

position nine in a countable series of things

  • “going into the ninth they were a run ahead”
2.

a ninth part

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Origin

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).

Phrases

  • augmented ninth
  • bottom of the ninth
  • curse of the ninth
  • diminished ninth
  • forty-ninth parallel
  • major ninth
  • minor ninth
  • ninth chord

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