"nth" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɛnθ/ Audio: en-us-nth.ogg [US]
enPR: ĕnth Rhymes: -ɛnθ Etymology: n + -th Etymology templates: {{suf|en|n|th}} n + -th Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nth (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics) Occurring at position n in a sequence. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics, English ordinal numbers Translations (occurring at position n): enegarren (Basque), nvet (Breton), enèsim [masculine] (Catalan), 第n (dì n) (Chinese Mandarin), n-tý (Czech), n'te (Danish), n-a (Esperanto), noa (Esperanto), n-is (Estonian), n:s (Finnish), ännäs (Finnish), énième (French), n-ième (French), n-te (German), νιοστός (niostós) (Greek), n-edik (Hungarian), ennesimo (Italian), n-esimo (Italian), 第n (dai enu) (alt: だいエヌ) (Japanese), n-te (Norwegian Bokmål), enty (Polish), n-ty (Polish), enésimo (Portuguese), n-ésimo (Portuguese), э́нный (énnyj) (Russian), n-tý (Slovak), enésimo (Spanish), n:te (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nth-en-adj-GPRb-Pqo Disambiguation of English ordinal numbers: 25 24 25 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -th Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 34 16 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 25 25 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -th: 23 25 25 27 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'occurring at position n': 71 29
  2. (informal) Occurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series. Tags: informal, not-comparable Categories (topical): English ordinal numbers
    Sense id: en-nth-en-adj-Fbe-6nKX Disambiguation of English ordinal numbers: 25 24 25 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -th Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 34 16 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 25 25 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -th: 23 25 25 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: umpteenth [informal], Sometimes spelled as n'th, n-th, or nth Derived forms: to the nth degree

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛnθ/ Audio: en-us-nth.ogg [US] Forms: nths [plural]
enPR: ĕnth Rhymes: -ɛnθ Etymology: n + -th Etymology templates: {{suf|en|n|th}} n + -th Head templates: {{en-noun}} nth (plural nths)
  1. (mathematics) The item at position n in a sequence. Categories (topical): Mathematics, English ordinal numbers Translations (the item at position n): enèsim [masculine] (Catalan), n:s (Finnish), ännäs (Finnish), énième [masculine] (French), n-ième [masculine] (French), n-edik (Hungarian), ennesimo [masculine] (Italian), enésimo [masculine] (Portuguese), enésimo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-nth-en-noun-x6p3GNyl Disambiguation of English ordinal numbers: 25 24 25 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -th Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 34 16 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 25 25 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -th: 23 25 25 27 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'the item at position n': 68 32
  2. (informal) The item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series. Tags: informal Categories (topical): English ordinal numbers
    Sense id: en-nth-en-noun-EuDDlpKi Disambiguation of English ordinal numbers: 25 24 25 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -th Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 34 16 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 25 25 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -th: 23 25 25 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Sometimes spelled as n'th, n-th, or nth

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Prelude”, in The Chessmen of Mars",
          "text": "Shea had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might by twitting him with this indication of failing mentality by calling his attention to the nth time to that theory, propounded by certain scientists, which is based upon the assertion that phenomenal chess players are always found to be from the ranks of children under twelve, adults over seventy-two or the mentally defective.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Occurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Occurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnθ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnθ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-nth.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/En-us-nth.ogg/En-us-nth.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/En-us-nth.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĕnth"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "umpteenth"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sometimes spelled as n'th"
    },
    {
      "word": "n-th"
    },
    {
      "word": "or nth"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "enegarren"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "nvet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enèsim"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dì n",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "第n"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n-tý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n'te"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n-a"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "noa"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n-is"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n:s"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "ännäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "énième"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n-ième"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n-te"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "niostós",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "νιοστός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n-edik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "ennesimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n-esimo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だいエヌ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dai enu",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "第n"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n-te"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "enty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n-ty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "enésimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n-ésimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "énnyj",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "э́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n-tý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "enésimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occurring at position n",
      "word": "n:te"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nth"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English ordinal numbers",
    "English terms suffixed with -th",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English words without vowels",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛnθ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛnθ/1 syllable"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "th"
      },
      "expansion": "n + -th",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "n + -th",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nth (plural nths)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The item at position n in a sequence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) The item at position n in a sequence."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1909, Bram Stoker, The Lady of the Shroud",
          "text": "This is, after all, not strange, for none of them had either knowledge or experience in Occult matters, whereas for over thirty years I have made a special study of this subject, and have gone to and fro over the earth investigating to the nth all records of Spiritual Phenomena.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) The item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnθ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnθ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-nth.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/En-us-nth.ogg/En-us-nth.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/En-us-nth.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĕnth"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Sometimes spelled as n'th"
    },
    {
      "word": "n-th"
    },
    {
      "word": "or nth"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the item at position n",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enèsim"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the item at position n",
      "word": "n:s"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the item at position n",
      "word": "ännäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the item at position n",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "énième"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the item at position n",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "n-ième"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the item at position n",
      "word": "n-edik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the item at position n",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ennesimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the item at position n",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enésimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the item at position n",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enésimo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nth"
}

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