Meaning

3 senses
  1. The person or thing in the ninth position.

    Neunter

  2. One of nine equal parts of a whole.

    Neuntel

    девятая

    one part in nine equal parts

  3. 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).

Examples

56 sentences
  1. It was on the morning of February the ninth that I arrived in London.

    Вранці дев'ятого лютого я прибув до Лондона.

    ruУтром девятого февраля я прибыл в Лондон.

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  2. I was in the ninth grade last year.

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

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  4. The ninth month of the year is September.

    Дев'ятий місяць року — вересень.

    ruДевятый месяц года — сентябрь.

    deDer neunte Monat des Jahres ist der September.

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  5. It would've been a close game if Tom hadn't hit a home run with bases loaded in the ninth inning.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one of nine equal parts of a whole:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
something in the ninth position:
one of nine equal parts of a whole:

Origin

From Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô;

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).

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Forms

plural: ninths

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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