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- [nahynth]
- /naɪnθ/
- /naɪnθ/
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- [nahynth]
- /naɪnθ/
Definitions of ninth word
- adjective ninth next after the eighth; being the ordinal number for nine. 1
- adjective ninth being one of nine equal parts. 1
- noun ninth a ninth part, especially of one (1/9). 1
- noun ninth the ninth member of a series. 1
- noun ninth Music. a tone distant from another tone by an interval of an octave and a second. the interval between such tones. harmonic combination of such tones. 1
- adverb ninth in the ninth place. 1
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Origin of ninth
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English ninthe (see nine, -th2), replacing Middle English niend (Old English nigend), neogethe, nigethe (Old English nigotha); akin to Old Saxon nigutho, Old Norse nīundi, Gothic niunda
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Parts of speech for Ninth
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ninth popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ninth usage trend in Literature
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