ninth

Other forms of ninth

plural

ninths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ninth

What does ninth mean?

ninth means "position nine in a countable series of things". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ninth?

ninth has 1 syllable: ninth. In IPA it is /ˈnaɪnθ/.

What is another word for ninth?

Close synonyms include one-ninth, 9th. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ninth a common word?

ninth is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.