Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)The ordinal form of the number nine.

    neunte

    девя́тыйdevjátyj

    дев'я́тийdevʺjátyj

More definitions
  • coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position

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. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruУтром девятого февраля я прибыл в Лондон. — marafon

  2. I was in the ninth grade last year.

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

  4. The ninth month of the year is September.

    Дев'ятий місяць року — вересень. — mhr

    ruДевятый месяц года — сентябрь. — marafon

    deDer neunte Monat des Jahres ist der September. — mhr

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

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ordinal form of nine — see also 9th:
Русский
By meaning 1
ordinal form of nine — see also 9th:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ordinal form of nine — see also 9th:

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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Synonyms

3 synonyms
9thIXth
in names of monarchs and popes:IX
Close in meaning
  • coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position:9th

Word family

1 related words
Derivedninthly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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