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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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Th couple tried to get some sleep, with a chair against the room door, before getting up in the morning.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

“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 western parts of the country saw widespread flooding and damage to properties brought on by the hurricane.

From BBC Nov. 7, 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 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 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

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

From History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson

In § 1702 Th. and Pr. he places much confidence on a particular sign of water in the chest, and remarks, that the same sign is not produced by the presence of pus.

From Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart by John Collins Warren

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

Th. translates 'on the roaring sea,' but adds 'quite conjectural.'

From Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems by James Mercer Garnett

Fac-simile of a miniature from a ms. in the Bibl. de l'Arsenal, Th. lat., no 125.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

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 Felix Speiser

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

No wonder “Bird School” includes a passage of T.H.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

The project also benefited from international collaboration with the Harvard T.H.

From Science Daily Oct. 12, 2025

Introduction of the critical study and knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, by T.H.

From A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 by Cherágh Ali

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

Once the rocket reaches the pad, engineers will spend several days checking that the repairs carried out in th VAB have worked as intended and that nothing has shifted during the slow journey out.

From BBC Mar. 20, 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

“You got to wait a little bit,” Zannikos said to a pride of elegant women who had spent the morning at the Whitney Museum of American Art, across Madison Avenue at 75 th Street.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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