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    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

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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

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“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 M23's advance has resulted in tens of thousands being forced from their homes - adding to the the nearly seven million who have fled because of multiple conflicts in the east.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024

Th critically acclaimed and popular series “The Bear” debuted its first season last June, but it was too late for the 2022 Emmy Awards.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

Th government said it had "provided exporters with practical support" with post-Brexit trading arrangements.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2022

Th e good news: the left tunnel was straight with no side exits, twists, or turns.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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

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

From Over the Top by Arthur Guy Empey

The present singular, 3rd person, of the indicative, ends both in -es or -s, and -eth or -th, the former being the more usual.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

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

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

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

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

V. A. Th. denotes a text in the Berlin Museum.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns

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 Herbert Cook

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

From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton

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 Felix Speiser

Puis Th. n'osa pas demurrer; mes dit qil ne fuit pas soun villein de soun manoire de C. Prest etc.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as cited by the Harvard T.H.

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

A new nationwide study led by researchers at the Harvard T.H.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026

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

This gift to the Cathedral came from Mr. T.H.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by George Worley

Investors Intelligence’s tally of opinions showed bulls topping bears by 40 percentage points, a reading in the 90 th percentile of positivity, according to Jeff deGraaf, founder and chairman of Renaissance Macro Research.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

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

Inter Milan defender Dumfries deservedly won the player of the match accolade, Van Gaal's main weapon as the left side of th US defence was brutally, and repeatedly, exposed.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2022

He pronounced them with the Castilian th sound, that is, with a lisp, an affectation peculiar to many of the Miracle Valley’s old-timers, whereas it could not be found farther south in Mexico.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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