ninth

CEFRB1

/naɪnθ/

ordinal · adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    ordinal

    Coming after the eighth in a series.

  2. 02

    ordinal

    Extra detail

    One of nine equal parts of a whole.

Examples

  • I have just received your letter of the ninth.

  • The speech contest took place on the ninth of November.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
5

Deep Dive

ordinal

Extra meaning

  1. The person or thing in the ninth position.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. The ordinal form of the number nine.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. 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).

More examples

In context

  • 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.

  • A yearling "is ninthed" for Semele on Myconos (LSCG 96.23–24); the victim "is not ninthed" for Heracles Thasios

  • 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).

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Origin

ordinal

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).