thirties

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thirties

noun 'thirties

  1. plural plural of thirty

noun 'thirties

  1. plural, plural only The fourth decade of a century: the 1830s, 1930s, 2030s, etc. It says here on your resume that your last job was as a streetcorner apple vendor and that you haven't worked since the thirties.
  2. plural, plural only The decade of one's life from age 30 through age 39. He looked to be in his thirties.
  3. plural, plural only The range between 30 and 39. It's going to be in the low thirties tonight.

Similar: 1930s, '30s, 30s

adjective 'thirties

  1. not comparable From or evoking the 31st through 40th years of a century (chiefly the 1930s). Yearslong droughts? How thirties!

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: thirty-something, mid-thirties, onwards, depression-era, decade, forties, twenties, eighties, oughties, seventies, nineties, tens

noun

Similar: 1930s, '30s, 30s

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noun 1930s

Españolaños treinta, treintas
한국어삼십년대 samsimnyeondae, 30년대 samsimnyeondae
日本語三十年代 sanjū-nendai, 30年代 sanjū-nendai
中文三十年代 sānshí niándài, 30年代 sānshí niándài
Françaisannées 30, années trente
Deutschdreißiger Jahre, Dreißiger

noun age 30–39

Españoltreintas, treinta y pico, treinta y tantos, treintañero, treintón
한국어삼십대 samsipdae, 30대 sasipdae
日本語三十代 sanjūdai, 30代 sanjūdai
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@misc{thirties_2026,
  title = {thirties},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thirties},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}