one-ninth

1. 1.

   one part in nine equal parts

   Synonymsninth

   Broadercommon fraction

Questions about one-ninth

What does one-ninth mean?

one-ninth means "one part in nine equal parts".

How many syllables are in one-ninth?

one-ninth has 3 syllables: o-ne--ninth. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for one-ninth?

Close synonyms include ninth. 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 one-ninth a common word?

one-ninth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.