English Explanatory Dictionary

-th

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form nouns from verbs of action.
  2. Used to form nouns of quality from adjectives.
suffix
  1. Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not “first”, “second”, or “third”.
  2. Used to form a term denoting the ordinal numeral corresponding to the value, being a natural number, of a mathematical expression.
  3. Used to form the denominator of a fraction.
suffix
  1. A variant of -eth, used to form the archaic third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.

Pronunciation

/-θ/

Word forms

-th -t

Etymology

From Middle English -the, -th, -te, -t (abstract nominal suffix), from Old English -þ, -t, -þu, -tu, -þo, -to (“-th”, abstract nominal suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-iþō, from Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂. Cognate with Scots -th, West Frisian -te, Dutch -te, Low German -de, Danish -de, Swedish -d, Icelandic -ð, -d, Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa), Latin -itās (“-ty, -ity”). See -ity, -t.

Synonyms

-ing -ation -ness -ity -cy -itude

Translations

Southern Altai: -нчы Southern Altai: -нчи Southern Altai: -ынчы Southern Altai: -инчи Southern Altai: -унчы Southern Altai: -ӱнчи Armenian: -րդ Armenian: -երորդ Azerbaijani: -inci Azerbaijani: -nci Azerbaijani: -ıncı Azerbaijani: -üncü Azerbaijani: -uncu Breton: -vet Catalan: -è Catalan: -èsim Chinese Cantonese: 第…… Chinese: ди ... Chinese: 第…… Hakka Chinese: 第…… Chinese Mandarin: 第…… Wu Chinese: 第…… Dhivehi: ވަނަ Esperanto: -a Finnish: -s French: -ième Galician: -ésimo German: -te German: -ste Ancient Greek: -τος Hebrew: ־י Hindi: -वां Ido: -esma Indonesian: ke- Irish: -ú Old Irish: -mad Italian: -esimo Italian: -to (4, 5, 6) Italian: -imo (7, 10) Japanese: 第... Japanese: ...目 Japanese: ...番目 Khmer: ទី- Korean: -째 Korean: 제- Korean: ~ 번째 Northern Kurdish: -em Northern Kurdish: -emîn Northern Kurdish: -an Northern Kurdish: -a Northern Kurdish: -ê Kyrgyz: -ынчы Kyrgyz: -инчи Kyrgyz: -унчу Kyrgyz: -үнчү Kyrgyz: -нчы Kyrgyz: -нчи Kyrgyz: -нчу Kyrgyz: -нчү Lao: ທີ່- Latin: -ēsimus Latin: -ēnsimus Malay: ک- Malay: ke- Malayalam: -ആം Malayalam: -ആമത്തെ Marathi: -वा Middle English: -the Occitan: -en Old Church Slavonic: -ъ Old Church Slavonic: -ьнъ Persian: ـم Polish: -y Polish: -ty Portuguese: -ésimo Portuguese: -to (4, 5, 6, 14, 15, 16, …) Portuguese: -avo (8, 18, 28, …)
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