-TH


Meaning of -TH in English

I.

— see -eth

II. adjective suffix

or -eth

Etymology: Middle English -the, -te, from Old English -tha, -ta; akin to Old High German -do -th, Latin -tus, Greek -tos, Sanskrit -tha

— used in forming ordinal numbers

hundred th

forti eth

III. noun suffix

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German -ida, suffix forming abstract nouns, Latin -ta, Greek -tē, Sanskrit -tā

1. : act or process

spil th

2. : state or condition

dear th

IV. symbol

Etymology: -th (II)

— used with the figures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0 and related Roman numerals to indicate an ordinal number

25 th

50 th wedding anniversary

XXV th Olympiad

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.