Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Th. Search instead for 4th.
Jump To:
  • Th
    Th
    thorium.
  • -th
    -th
    a suffix forming nouns of action (birth ) or abstract nouns denoting quality or condition (depth; length; warmth ).
  • Th.
    Th.
    abbreviation
    Thursday.
  • T.H.
    T.H.
    abbreviation
    Territory of Hawaii.
  • th
    th
    abbreviation
    Thailand

Th

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. thorium.


-th 2 American  
  1. a suffix forming nouns of action (birth ) or abstract nouns denoting quality or condition (depth; length; warmth ).


-th 3 American  
  1. a suffix used in the formation of ordinal numbers (fourth, tenth ), in some cases, added to altered stems of the cardinal (fifth; twelfth ).


-th 4 American  
  1. variant of -eth.

    doth.


Th. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Thursday.


T.H. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Territory of Hawaii.


-th 1 British  

suffix

  1. (from verbs) indicating an action or its consequence

    growth

  2. (from adjectives) indicating a quality

    width

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-th 2 British  

suffix

  1. forming ordinal numbers

    fourth

    thousandth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Th 3 British  

symbol

  1. thorium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

th 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Thailand

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of -th2

Middle English -th ( e ), Old English -thu, -tho, -th (variant -t after a velar, f, or s ); cognate with Gothic -itha, Latin -tus, Greek -tos

Origin of -th3

Middle English -the, -te, Old English -tha, -the (variant -ta after f or s ); cognate with Old Norse -thi, -di, Latin -tus, Greek -tos; see -eth 2

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

“To supplement not having F and V and Th and M, we have consonant clusters like jl and cht … that we don’t have in English, but they can be made lower in the throat.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2025

Th DJ's father was murdered before he was born, but he has a strong bond with his mother and younger brothers - and is driven to succeed.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2023

Th email also said he called for an internal investigation into the release of the photos, which were given to an unnamed party in September under a public records request.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2023

Th Israeli military did not confirm the death but said its troops came under attack overnight when two military vehicles stalled just outside the town of Beit Ummar, near the city of Hebron.

From Reuters Nov. 29, 2022

Th e sound of the chenda mushroomed over the temple, accentuating the silence of the encompassing night.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Which, he notes, is not the case with, say, "big thing" or "big thighs," both of which give your tongue the space to bridge that awkward transition from "-ig" to "-th."

From Seattle Times May 19, 2011

Strength -th is a true word; fowl or fugel -l is no true word.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The ordinary termination of feminine singular nouns is -th, not -h.

From History of Phoenicia by Rawlinson, George

The inflexions of the 3rd pers. prs. sg. are -th and -s.

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

The next evening we were relieved by the -th Brigade, and once again returned to rest billets.

From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy

Besides the cultivation of their plantation the Messrs. Th. plied a flourishing trade in coprah and sandalwood all along the west coast of Santo, which they visited frequently in their cutter.

From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix

D From the preface to the exceedingly interesting collection by M. Th. de la Villemarqué, of the transmitted songs that are current amongst his Bas Breton countrymen.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various

This identification is fully confirmed by the engraving made by Th. von Kessel for the Theatrum Pictorium, which shows how these two figures are placed in the composition.

From Giorgione by Cook, Herbert

His pictures were ranked with those of Th. de Keijser.

From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther

A few days later I started for Hog Harbour, for the plantation of the Messrs. Th., near which I meant to attend a great feast, or “sing-sing.”

From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix

Chronic loneliness is a serious, growing public health concern, says Dr. Jeremy Nobel, a professor at the Harvard T.H.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2026

For example, a review in August 2025 led by Dr Andrew Baccarelli, dean of the Harvard T.H.

From BBC Jan. 16, 2026

That’s a conservative estimate, as Atul Gawande of Harvard’s T.H.

From Salon Jan. 4, 2026

Other coauthors of the study include Chenghao Wang of the University of Oklahoma; and Kari Nadeau of the Harvard T.H.

From Science Daily Dec. 3, 2025

And Sidgwick has been far more successful than any other moral philosopher with the exception of T.H.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

Klymochko noticed in th e 8-K filing External link by Taylor Morrison on Monday that the two companies signed a confidentiality agreement on May 27.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

Live text commentary will begin from 20:00 GMT on th BBC Sport website and app, covering all the build-up to the main event.

From BBC Nov. 10, 2025

Gigi Hadid, 28, and her sister Bella Hadid, 27, two of the most famous fashion models in the world, were born in th U.S. and grew up in Southern California.

From Washington Times Nov. 28, 2023

Some of the band’s greatest hits include “Uma Thurman,” “Sugar, We’re Goin Down,” “Dance, Dance” and “Thnks fr th Mmrs.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2023

The initial letter of a sen-tence was first capitalised in the 13 th century, but the rule was not consistently applied until the 16th.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training