umpteenth en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈʌmp.tiːnθ/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From umpteen + -th.
Meanings
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(informal, not-comparable, qualifier:often slightly derogatory) Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence.
That's the umpteenth time I've had to tell him not to swear in front of the children.
For the umpteenth time, I chickened.
1964, Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →OCLC, page 31:
Relateds
Synonyms
nth · umpty-umpth · somethingth
Translations (24)
hu x-edik (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · sv femtioelfte (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · da hundredogsyttende (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · fi vaikka kuinka mones (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · fr ixième (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · ru бесчи́сленный (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · de xte (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · no ørtende (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · da hundredsyttende (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · it ennesimo (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · fi ännäs (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · de soundsovielte (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · de zigste (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · es enésima (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · hu sokadik (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · sv hundrafemtioelfte (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · nl zoveelste (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · fr énième (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · sv sjuttielfte (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · de zigte (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · pt enésimo (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · nl tigste (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · sv hundrasjuttielfter (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series) · ru э́нный (informal: occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series)