Pronunciations (2)
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/wɪtʃθ/
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/ʍɪtʃθ/
Adjective
Which ordinal number.
Usage- nonstandard
- not-comparable
- Rare
- Related words
- Examples
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Whichth president was Abraham Lincoln?
Whichth planet from the sun is the earth?
More examples (4)
And but one argument arose, it was over this abstruse astronomical zodiacal problem: If the first "Jamieson Day" was celebrated in 1898, whichth "Jamieson Day" do we celebrate this year, the thirteenth or the fourteenth? and whichth anniversary is it?
[…] knocking the stuffing out of each other for goodness knows the whichth time this year […]
[…] lay back in the lounger, checking the mantel clock for the he-didn't-know-whichth time. Four-forth-five.
But the use of ordinals to answer questions of the form, "The whichᵗʰ member of the ordering?" is as much one of their distinguishing characteristics as the use of cardinals to answer questions of the form "How many?" is one of theirs.