Meanings
plural ninth grades
- USeducationThe period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade.
Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.
2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019Synonyms: grade nine, grade 9, freshman, 3rd year, third year, junior
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 初三, 國三 /国三
- 初三 (chūsān)period in school
- 國三 /国三 (guósān)period in school
Finnish yhdeksäs luokka
- yhdeksäs luokkaperiod in school
German neunte Klasse
- neunte Klasseperiod in school
Hungarian kilencedik osztály
- kilencedik osztályperiod in school
Japanese 中学三年, 中三
- 中学三年 (chūgaku sannen)period in school
- 中三 (chūsan)period in school
Polish dziewiąta klasa
- dziewiąta klasaperiod in school
Romanian clasă a noua
- clasă a nouaperiod in school
Turkish dokuzuncu sınıf
- dokuzuncu sınıfperiod in school
Cite this entry
ninth grade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninth%20grade
“ninth grade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninth%20grade. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ninth grade,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninth%20grade.
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