Th
1 of 6abbreviation
Thursday
Th
2 of 6symbol (1)
thorium
-th
3 of 6verb suffix
see -eth entry 1
-th
4 of 6adjective suffix
variants or -eth
—used in forming ordinal numbers
hundredthfortieth
-th
5 of 6noun suffix
1
: act or process
spilth
2
: state or condition
dearth
-th
6 of 6symbol (2)
—used with the figures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0 and related Roman numerals to indicate an ordinal number
25th50th wedding anniversaryXXVth Olympiad
Word History
Etymology
Adjective suffix
Middle English -the, -te, from Old English -tha, -ta; akin to Old High German -do -th, Latin -tus, Greek -tos, Sanskrit -tha
Noun suffix
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German -ida, suffix forming abstract nouns, Latin -ta, Greek -tē, Sanskrit -tā
Symbol (2)
-th entry 2
Kids Definition
-th
adjective suffix
th
variants or -eth
əth
—used to form numbers that show the place of something in a series
hundredthfortieth
Medical Definition
Th
symbol
thorium
- give someone hell
- give someone holy hell
- give someone ideas
- give someone one's word
- give someone or something a clean bill of health
- give someone or something a once-over
- give someone or something a wide berth
- give someone or something the once-over
- give someone pause
- give someone pause for thought
- give someone some slack
- give someone the ax
- give someone the bird
- give someone the chop
- give someone the elbow
- give someone the eye
- give someone the finger
- give someone the hook
- give someone the nod
- give someone the pink slip
- give someone the push
- give someone the runaround
- give someone the sack
- give someone the shirt off one's back
- give someone the shivers