third

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Ordinal : third     Cardinal : three

Etymology

Old English þridda

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: thû(r)d, IPA: /θɜː(ɹ)d/, X-SAMPA: /T3:(r)d/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)d
• (US) enPR: thûrd, IPA: /θɝd/, X-SAMPA: /T3`d/

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• (mid-20th-century New York City) IPA: /tɜjd/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)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.

Abbreviations

3rd, 3d; (in names of monarchs and popes) III

Translations

the ordinal form of the cardinal number three

• Afrikaans: derde (af)
• Albanian: tretë (sq)
• Ancient Greek: τρίτος (tritos)
• Arabic: ثالِث (ar) (ṯāliṯ) m, ثالِثة (ar) (ṯāliṯa) f

  Egyptian Arabic: تالت (tālit) m

• Armenian: երրորդ (hy) (errord)
• Azeri: üçüncü (az)
• Basque: hirugarren (eu)
• Belarusian: трэці (be) (tréci) m
• Bengali: তৃতীয় (bn) (tôtiyô)
• Breton: trede m and f, teirvet f, trivet m
• Bulgarian: трети (bg) (tréti) m
• Burmese: တတိယ (my) (ta'ti.ja.)
• Catalan: tercer (abbreviation 3r)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第三 (cmn) (dìsān)

• Crimean Tatar: üçünci (abbreviation 3-ci, 3-i)
• Czech: třetí (abbreviation 3.)
• Danish: tredje (da) (abbreviation 3.)
• Dutch: derde (abbreviations 3de, 3e)
• Esperanto: tria (eo)
• Estonian: kolmas (et)
• Finnish: kolmas (fi)
• French: troisième m and f (before the noun) (abbreviation 3^ème); (in names of monarchs and popes) trois m and f (after the name) (abbreviation III)
• Georgian: მესამე (ka) (mesame)
• German: dritte (abbreviation 3.)
• Greek: τρίτος (el) (trítos) (abbreviation 3ος, γʹ)
• Hawaiian: kolu
• Hebrew: שלישי (he) (shelîyshîy)
• Hindi: तीसरा (hi) (tīsrā)
• Hungarian: harmadik (hu)
• Icelandic: þriðji (is) m, þriðja (is) f and n (abbreviation 3.)
• Ido: triesma (io)
• Indonesian: ketiga (abbreviation ke-3)
• Interlingua: tertie (abbreviation 3^e)
• Irish: tríú (abbreviation 3ú)
• Italian: terzo m, terza f (abbreviations 3º m, 3ª f); (in names of monarchs and popes) terzo m, terza f (after the name) (abbreviation III)
• Japanese: 三番目 (ja) (さんばんめ, sanban-me)
• Kazakh: үшінші (kk) (üşinşi) (abbreviation 3-ші, 3-і)
• Khmer: ទីបី (km) (tii bəy)
• Korean: 셋째 (ko) (setjjae)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سێیه‌م (ku) (saeam)

• Kyrgyz: үчүнчү (ky) (üçünçü)

• Lao: ທີ່ສາມ (lo) (tʰī̀ sām)
• Latgalian: trešs m, treša f, trešais m, trešuo f
• Latin: tertius (la)
• Latvian: trešais (lv) m, trešā (lv) f
• Lithuanian: trečias (lt) m, trečia (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: drëtt (lb)
• Macedonian: трети (mk) (tréti) m, трет (mk) (tret) m
• Malay: ketiga (ms)
• Maltese: it-tilet
• Manchu: (ilaci)
• Manx: treeoo (abbreviation 3oo)
• Mongolian: гурбадахи (mn) (gurbadahi)
• Navajo: tááʼ góneʼ
• Norwegian: Bokmål - tredje (nb) (abbreviation 3.), Nynorsk - tredje (no), tridje (nn) (abbreviation 3.)
• Persian: سوم (fa) (som)
• Polish: trzeci (abbreviation 3.)
• Portuguese: terceiro m, terceira f, rarely: terço m, terça f (abbreviations 3º, 3ª)
• Romanian: al treilea m and n, a treia f
• Russian: третий (ru) (trétij) m, (abbreviation) 3-ий (ru) (3-ij)
• Scottish Gaelic: treas (gd), trìtheamh (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трећи (sh)

  Roman: treći (sh)

• Sinhalese: තුන්‍වැනි (si) (tunvæni)
• Slovak: tretí (sk) m
• Slovene: tretji (sl) m
• Spanish: tercero m, (abbreviation) 3º, tercer m, tercera f, (abbreviation) 3ª
• Swahili: ya tatu (sw)
• Swedish: tredje (sv) (abbreviation 3:e)
• Tagalog: ikatlo (tl)
• Tajik: сеюм (tg) (seyum)
• Tatar: өченче (tt) (öçençe)
• Telugu: మూడో (mooDO) (abbreviation 3వ)
• Thai: ที่สาม (th) (têe săam)
• Turkish: üçüncü (abbreviations 3'üncü, 3.)
• Turkmen: üçünji (tk)
• Ukrainian: третій (uk) (trétij) m (abbreviation 3-й), третя (uk) (trétja) f, третє (uk) (trétje) n, треті (uk) (tréti) m
• Uyghur: ئۈچىنچى (ug) (üchinchi)
• Uzbek: uchinchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: thứ ba (vi)
• Volapük: kilid (vo)
• Welsh: trydydd (abbreviation 3ydd)
• West Frisian: tredde (abbreviation 3e)
• Yiddish: דריט (yi) (dritt)

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 an engine.

   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. (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

Derived terms

• thirdness

Translations

person or thing in the third position

• Afrikaans: derde (af)
• Armenian: երրորդ (hy) (errord)
• Basque: hirugarren (eu)
• Belarusian: трэці (be) (treci)
• Bulgarian: трети (bg) (treti)
• Czech: třetí osoba (cs) f
• Dutch: derde (nl)
• Finnish: kolmas (fi)
• French: troisième (fr) m and f, tiers (fr) m
• German: Dritter (de) m, Dritte (de) f
• Hungarian: harmadik (hu)
• Icelandic: þriðji (is) m, þriðja (is) f and n
• Interlingua: tertio m, tertia f

• Italian: terzo (it) m and f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سێیه‌م (ku) (saeam)

• Latin: tertius (la) m, tertia (la), tertia (la) f, tertium (la)
• Lithuanian: trečias (lt) m, trečia (lt) f
• Lojban: cimoi (jbo)
• Macedonian: трет (mk) (tret), трети (mk) (treti)
• Maltese: terza (mt) m and f
• Portuguese: terceiro (pt) m
• Romanian: cel de al treilea m and n, cea de a treia f
• Russian: третий (ru) (tretij)
• Spanish: tercero (es)
• Swedish: tredje (sv), trea (sv) c
• Turkish: üçüncü (tr)

one of three equal parts of a whole

• Armenian: երրորդ (hy) (errord)
• Basque: heren (eu)
• Bulgarian: третина (bg) (tretina) f
• Czech: třetina (cs) f
• Dutch: derde (nl) n
• Esperanto: triono (eo)
• Finnish: kolmannes (fi), kolmasosa (fi)
• French: tiers (fr) m
• German: Drittel (de)
• Greek: τρίτο (el) (tríto) n
• Haitian Creole: tyè
• Hawaiian: hapakolu
• Hungarian: harmad (hu)
• Icelandic: þriðjungur (is) m

• Interlingua: tertio
• Italian: terzo (it) m
• Latvian: trešdaļa (lv) f
• Lithuanian: trečdalis (lt) m
• Maltese: terz (mt)
• Mandarin: 三分之一 (cmn) (sānfēnzhīyī)
• Portuguese: terço (pt) m
• Romanian: treime (ro) f
• Russian: треть (ru) (treť) f
• Scottish Gaelic: trian (gd) m
• Spanish: tercio (es)
• Swedish: tredjedel (sv)
• Tamil: மூன்றிலொரு (muunRiloru)

third gear — see third gear

interval

• Bulgarian: терца (bg) (terca) f
• Catalan: tercera (ca) f
• Czech: tercie (cs) f
• Danish: terts (da) c
• Dutch: terts (nl) f
• Esperanto: trito (eo), tercio (eo)
• Estonian: terts (et)
• Finnish: terssi (fi)
• French: tierce (fr) f
• German: Terz (de) f
• Hungarian: terc (hu)
• Icelandic: þríund (is) f

• Italian: terza (it) f
• Japanese: 三度 (ja) (sando)
• Lithuanian: tercija (lt) f
• Occitan: tèrça (oc) f
• Polish: tercja (pl) f
• Portuguese: terça (pt) f
• Russian: терция (ru) (tércija) f
• Slovene: têrca (sl) f
• Spanish: tercera (es) f
• Swedish: ters (sv) c
• Ukrainian: терція (uk) (tércija) f

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 (cs), roztřetit (cs)
• German: dreiteilen (de)

• Hungarian: harmadol (hu)

Related terms

• major third
• minor third
• third gear

Wikipedia

See also

• interval

Anagrams

• thrid