ninth

BrE /naɪntθ/ AmE /naɪntθ/

adjective en → es

1 ORDINAL NUMBER [attributive, predicative] A2

coming after the eighth in number or order; being the ordinal number of nine

noveno, en el noveno lugar

  • the ninth [noun]

Collocations ninth month · ninth day

  • It was the ninth time she had won.

    Fue la novena vez que ganó.

2 YEAR [attributive] B1

used to refer to a year in which something happens, especially when it is the ninth time that this has happened

el noveno año en que algo sucede

  • the ninth [year]

Collocations ninth anniversary · ninth birthday

  • We celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary.

    Celebramos nuestro noveno aniversario de bodas.

3 MUSIC [attributive] C1

used to refer to the note that is nine notes above a particular note, counting both white and black keys on a piano keyboard

novena nota en la escala musical

  • the ninth [note]

Collocations ninth note in the scale

  • The ninth note of the C major scale is B.

    La novena nota de la escala mayor de Do es Si.