tenth

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[edit] English

English ordinal numbers
 <  9th 10th 11th   > 
    Ordinal : tenth
    Cardinal : ten

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English. Old English had tēoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal and re-insert the nasal consonant.

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[edit] Adjective

tenth

  1. The ordinal form of the number ten.

[edit] Abbreviation

10th, 10th; (in names of monarchs and popes) X

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[edit] Noun

tenth (plural tenths)

  1. The person or thing in the tenth position.
  2. One of ten equal parts of a whole.

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[edit] See also

tithe

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