third

third

English

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	30
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Cardinal: three     Ordinal: third     Adverbial: thrice     Multiplier: triple, threefold     Distributive: triply

Etymology

From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: thûd, IPA^(key): /θɜːd/
• (US) enPR: thûrd, IPA^(key): /θɝd/

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• (NYC) IPA^(key): /tɜjd/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d

Adjective

third (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

   The third tree from the left is my favorite.

Synonyms

• 3rd, 3d; III

Derived terms

• thirdness
• third-wave coffee
• third-wave feminism

Translations

the ordinal form of the cardinal number three — See also translations at 3rd

Afrikaans: derde (af) Albanian: tretë (sq) Ancient Greek: τρίτος (trítos) Arabic: ثَالِث‎ m (ṯāliṯ), ثَالِثَة‎ f (ṯāliṯa) Egyptian Arabic: تالت‎ m (tālit) Armenian: երրորդ (hy) (errord) Aromanian: antreilu Asturian: terceru (ast) Azerbaijani: üçüncü Bashkir: өсөнсө (ösönsö) Basque: hirugarren (eu) Belarusian: трэ́ці m (tréci) Bengali: তৃতীয় (tritīy) Breton: trede (br) m or f, teirvet (br) f, trivet (br) m Bulgarian: тре́ти m (tréti) Burmese: တတိယ (my) (ta.ti.ya.) Buryat: гурбадахи (gurbadaxi) Catalan: tercer (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 第三 (zh) (dìsān) Chuvash: виҫҫӗмӗш (viśśĕmĕš) Classical Nahuatl: ic ēyi Crimean Tatar: üçünci Czech: třetí (cs) Danish: tredje (da) Dolgan: үһүс (ühüs) Dutch: derde (nl) Esperanto: tria (eo) Estonian: kolmas (et) Evenki: илӣ (ilī) Finnish: kolmas (fi) French: troisième (fr) m or f, trois (fr) m or f (in names of monarchs and popes; after the name; abbreviation III) Gagauz: üçüncü Galician: terceiro (gl) Georgian: მესამე (mesame) German: dritte (de) Greek: τρίτος (el) (trítos) Ancient: τρίτος (trítos) Hawaiian: kolu Hebrew: שלישי‎ (shelîyshîy) Hindi: तीसरा (hi) (tīsrā) Hungarian: harmadik (hu) Icelandic: þriðji m, þriðja f or n Ido: triesma (io) Indonesian: ketiga (id) Ingrian: kolmaaz Interlingua: tertie Irish: tríú (ga) Italian: terzo (it) m, terza (it) f, terzo (it) m (in names of monarchs and popes), terza (it) f (after the name; abbreviation III) Japanese: 三番目 (さんばんめ, sanban-me), 三つ目 (mittsume) Kalmyk: һурвдгч (hurvdgç) Kazakh: үшінші (üşinşi) Khakas: ӱзінӌі (üzíncí) Khmer: ទីបី (tii bəy) Korean: 셋째 (ko) (setjjae) Kurdish: Sorani: سێیه‌م‎ (saeam) Kyrgyz: үчүнчү (ky) (üçünçü) Lao: ທີ່ສາມ (tʰī̀ sām) Latgalian: trešs m, treša f, trešais m, trešuo f Latin: tertius (la) Latvian: trešais m, trešā f

Lithuanian: trečias (lt) m, trečia f Luxembourgish: drëtt Macedonian: тре́ти m (tréti), трет m (tret) Malay: ketiga (ms) Maltese: it-tilet Manchu: (ilaci) Manx: treeoo Maori: tuatoru, te toru Mongolian: гуравдугаар (mn) (guravdugaar), гуравдахь (guravdahʹ) Navajo: tááʼ góneʼ North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: traad Helgoland: dör Sylt: treer Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: tredje (no) Norwegian Nynorsk: tredje (no), tridje Occitan: tresen (oc), tèrç Old Church Slavonic: трєти (treti) Old English: þridda Old Frisian: thredda Old Prussian: tīrts Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰲𐰨‎ (üčünč) Ottoman Turkish: اوچنجى‎ (üçüncü) Persian: سوم‎ (fa) (sevvom) Polish: trzeci (pl) Portuguese: terceiro (pt) m, terceira (pt) f, (rarely) terço (pt) m, terça (pt) f Romanian: (please verify) al treilea (ro) m or n , (please verify) a treia f Russian: тре́тий (ru) (trétij) Rusyn: тре́тый (trétŷj) Scottish Gaelic: treas, trìtheamh Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тре̏ћӣ Roman: trȅćī (sh) Shor: ӱжӱнчи Sinhalese: තුන්‍වැනි (tun‍væni) Slovak: tretí (sk) Slovene: tretji (sl) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: tśeśi Upper Sorbian: třeći Southern Altai: ӱчинчи (üčinči) Spanish: tercero (es), tercer (es) Swahili: ya tatu Swedish: tredje (sv) Tagalog: ikatlo Tajik: сеюм (tg) (seyum) Tatar: өченче (öçençe) Telugu: మూడో (mūḍō) Thai: ที่สาม (tîi-sǎam) Turkish: üçüncü (tr) Turkmen: üçünji Ukrainian: тре́тій (uk) (trétij) Uyghur: ئۈچىنچى‎ (üchinchi) Uzbek: uchinchi (uz) Vietnamese: thứ ba (vi) Volapük: kilid (vo) Votic: kõlmõz Welsh: trydydd (cy) m, trydedd f West Frisian: tredde (fy) Yakut: үһүс (ühüs) Yiddish: דריט‎ (drit)

Noun

third (countable and uncountable, plural thirds)

1. The person or thing in the third position.

   Jones came in third.

2. One of three equal parts of a whole.

   He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.

3. (uncountable) The third gear of a gearbox.

   Now put it into third.

4. (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

   They sing in thirds.

5. (baseball) third base

   The play ended with Jones standing on third.

6. (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
7. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
8. (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.

Synonyms

• (gear): third gear
• (fractions): ⅓

Translations

person or thing in the third position

Afrikaans: derde (af) Armenian: երրորդ (hy) (errord) Basque: hirugarren (eu) Belarusian: трэ́ці (tréci) Bulgarian: тре́ти (tréti) Catalan: tercer (ca) Czech: třetí osoba (cs) f Dutch: derde (nl) Finnish: kolmas (fi) French: troisième (fr) m or f, tiers (fr) m Galician: terceira f, terceiro (gl) m German: Dritter (de) m, Dritte (de) f Hungarian: harmadik (hu) Icelandic: þriðji m, þriðja f or n Interlingua: tertio m, tertia f

Italian: terzo (it) m or f Kurdish: Sorani: سێیه‌م‎ (saeam) Latin: tertius (la) m, tertia, tertia f, tertium Latvian: trešais m Lithuanian: trečias (lt) m, trečia f Macedonian: трет (tret), трети (treti) Maltese: terza m or f Portuguese: terceiro (pt) m Romanian: cel de al treilea m or n, cea de a treia f Russian: тре́тий (ru) (trétij) Spanish: tercero (es) Swedish: tredje (sv), trea (sv) c Turkish: üçüncü (tr)

one of three equal parts of a whole

Arabic: ثُلْث‎ m (ṯulṯ) Armenian: երրորդ (hy) (errord) Asturian: terciu (ast) m Basque: heren (eu) Belarusian: траці́на f (tracína) Breton: trederenn (br) f Bulgarian: третина f (tretina) Catalan: tercer (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 三分之一 (sān fēn zhī yī) Czech: třetina (cs) f Danish: tredjedel c Dutch: derde (nl) n Esperanto: triono Estonian: kolmandik Finnish: kolmannes, kolmasosa French: tiers (fr) m Galician: terzo m Georgian: მესამედი (mesamedi) German: Drittel (de) n, Drittel (de) m (Switzerland) Greek: τρίτο (el) n (tríto) Haitian Creole: tyè Hawaiian: hapakolu Hungarian: harmad (hu) Icelandic: þriðjungur m Interlingua: tertio Irish: trian (ga) m, treana m pl Italian: terzo (it) m Japanese: 三分の一 (さんぶんのいち, sanbun no ichi)

Khmer: មួយភាគបី (muəy pʰiek bəy), ត្រីភាគ (trəy pʰiek) Korean: 3분의 1 (3bunui 1), 삼분의 일 (sambunui il) Latin: triens f Latvian: trešdaļa f Lithuanian: trečdalis m Macedonian: третина f (tretina) Maltese: terz Maori: hautoru Norwegian: Bokmål: tredel (no) m, tredjedel (no) m Nynorsk: tredel m, tredjedel m Persian: سیک‎ (fa) (siyak~seyek), سه‌یک‎ (se-yek) Polish: trzecia (pl) f Portuguese: terço (pt) m Romanian: treime (ro) f Russian: треть (ru) f (tretʹ) Scottish Gaelic: trian m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: трећина f Roman: trećina (sh) f Slovak: tretina f Slovene: tretjina (sl) f Spanish: tercio (es) m Swedish: tredjedel (sv) Tagalog: sangkatlo, katlo, saikatlo Tamil: மூன்றிலொரு (mūṉṟiloru) Ukrainian: трети́на f (tretýna) Vietnamese: phần ba Yiddish: דריטל‎ n (dritl)

third gear — see third gear

interval

Bulgarian: те́рца f (térca) Catalan: tercera (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 三度 (zh) (sāndù) Czech: tercie f Danish: terts c Dutch: terts (nl) f Esperanto: trito, tercio (eo) Estonian: terts Finnish: terssi (fi) French: tierce (fr) f German: Terz (de) f Hungarian: terc Icelandic: þríund f Irish: tréach m

Italian: terza (it) f Japanese: 三度 (ja) (さんど, sando) Lithuanian: tercija f Norwegian: Bokmål: ters m Nynorsk: ters m Occitan: tèrça f Polish: tercja (pl) f Portuguese: terça (pt) f Russian: те́рция (ru) f (tɛ́rcija) Slovene: têrca f Spanish: tercera (es) f Swedish: ters (sv) c Ukrainian: те́рція f (tércija)

third base — see third base

Verb

third (third-person singular simple present thirds, present participle thirding, simple past and past participle thirded)

1. To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
2. To divide into three equal parts.

Translations

agree with a proposition

divide into three parts

Czech: třetit, roztřetit German: dreiteilen (de) Hungarian: harmadol (hu)

Italian: atterzare (it) Latvian: dalīt trīs daļās

Related terms

• major third
• minor third
• third gear
• third person

 

See also

• interval

Anagrams

• drith, thrid