thirteen
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thirteen
- /ˌθɜːˈtiːn/ UK
- /ˌθɝtˈtin/ US
- /ˌθɝtin-/ US
- /ˈθɜː.tiːn/ UK
- /ˈθɝt.tin/ US
- /ˈθɝ.tin/ US
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
From Middle English thirttene, variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun, compound of *þrīz (“three”) + *tehun (“teen”). Cognate with West Frisian trettjin, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn, Danish tretten. Equivalent to three + -teen.
number
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The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.
There are thirteen cards of each of the four suits in a deck of playing cards.
Similar: baker's dozen, long dozen, throtteen
noun thirteens
- A group of thirteen items.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cardinal, long dozen, xiii, cross, fifteen, move, pass, proceed, ten, thirty, trece, tredici, treize, fourteen, eleven, twelve
Translations
Every language
num the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
| Español | trece |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 열셋 yeolset, 십삼 sipsam |
| 日本語 | 十三 jūsan, 十三 tosa |
| 中文 | 十三 shísān |
| हिन्दी | तेरह terah |
| Kiswahili | kumi na tatu |
| Português | treze |
| Français | treize |
| Deutsch | dreizehn |
| Italiano | tredici |
| Ελληνικά | δεκατρείς dekatreís, δεκατρία dekatría |
| Română | treisprezece, treișpe |
| Русский | трина́дцать trinádcatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | mười ba |
| العربية | ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ ṯalāṯata ʕašara |
| עברית | שְׁלוֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה shlosh esre, שְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר shlosha asar |
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title = {thirteen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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