-th

¹ American  

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

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-th ² 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 ).

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-th ³ American  

1. variant of -eth.

   doth.

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Th ⁴ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. thorium.

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Th. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Thursday.

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T.H. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. Territory of Hawaii.

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-th ¹ British  

suffix

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

   growth

2. (from adjectives) indicating a quality

   width

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-th ² British  

suffix

1. forming ordinal numbers

   fourth

   thousandth

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Th ³ British  

symbol

1. thorium

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th ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Thailand

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Etymology

Origin of -th¹

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 -th²

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

Example Sentences

If a sentence ends with a “th” or a “d,” that’s a bad thing in my OCD world.

From The Wall Street Journal

Th suit claims they failed to take action despite Vidal’s testimony vindicating Saldana.

From Los Angeles Times

Weyland-Yutani’s primary mainframe, MU/TH/UR, has mercenary reasons for that choice, but for the bulk of “Badlands” and even after that twist is revealed, Thia persuades Dek that empathy can be as useful in his arsenal as she is, especially in seeing the value of a small being they pick up along the way that she calls Bud.

From Salon

Both could easily be undefeated as well - especially the Rams as their two defeats came in overtime against th 49ers and then that agonising loss in Philadelphia when they had a game-winning field goal with the last kick blocked and returned by the Eagles for a touchdown.

From BBC

“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