サード

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English third.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) サード [sáꜜàdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ːdo̞]

Noun

サード • (sādo) 

1. a third gear
2. (baseball, softball) Synonym of 三塁 (sanrui, “third base”)
3. (baseball, softball) Synonym of 三塁手 (sanruishu, “third baseperson”)
4. (Anglicism, attributive) third

   サードアルバムを出(だ)す

   sādo arubamu o dasu

   release one's third album

Coordinate terms

• ファースト (fāsuto, “first”), セカンド (sekando, “second”), サード (sādo, “third”), フォース (fōsu, “fourth”)