adjective

tenth

tehnth

adjective

Coming after the ninth in a sequence; the ordinal form of ten.

"This is the tenth time she's asked me the same question."

noun

One of ten equal parts of a whole.

"He only ate a tenth of the pizza before giving up."

How to Use Tenth

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishEither "number ten in order" or "one part out of ten."

Common pairings

a tenth of the tenth anniversary

tenthed past tense, tenths plural, tenths singular

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From Old English teoða, later reshaped in Middle English to match the cardinal number "ten" more closely.

10th Xth tithe

concession

month ninth synth seventh Corinth eleventh hyacinth fifteenth labyrinth sixteenth millionth thirteenth

10th Xth tithe concession