thirty
English
| < 29 | 30 | 31 > |
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| Cardinal : thirty Ordinal : thirtieth | ||
Etymology
From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thritti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þritiġ (“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz (“thrity”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three + -ty.[1][2] Cognate with Scots therty, tretty (“thirty”), West Frisian tritich (“thirty”), Dutch dertig (“thirty”), German dreißig (“thirty”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɜːti/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) enPR: thŭr′tē, IPA(key): /ˈθɝti/, [ˈθɝɾi][1][2][3][4]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti
Numeral
thirty
- The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
Derived terms
Translations
cardinal number
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See also
- (ordinal: the last of 30): thirtieth, trigesimal
- (adjectival form): tricenary
- (around 30): thirtyish
- (containing 30 of something): trigesimal
- (a 30-year-old person): tricenarian, thirtysomething
- (every 30 years): tricennial, trigintennial
- (30-sided figure): triacontahedron
- (30-sided): triacontahedral
References
- “thirty” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- “thirty” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Macmillan (US) (compare Macmillan (UK)
- the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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