ninth

ninth · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    (adjective) Coming after the eighth in position, order, or rank.

  2. 2.

    (noun) One of nine equal parts of something; a ninth part.

  3. 3.

    (music) An interval spanning nine consecutive notes in a diatonic scale.

Related words

See also: eighth, nine, tenth
Synonyms: 9th

Etymology

From Old English nigotha, from nigon ("nine"). The ordinal form of nine.