third

§English

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English ordinal numbers

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Ordinal : third     Cardinal : three

§Etymology

Old English þridda.

§Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: thû(r)d, IPA^(key): /θɜː(ɹ)d/
• (US) enPR: thûrd, IPA^(key): /θɝd/

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• (mid-20th-century New York City) IPA^(key): /tɜjd/
• 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

§Translations

For abbreviations, please see 3rd

the ordinal form of the cardinal number three

• Afrikaans: derde
• Albanian: tretë
• Ancient Greek: τρίτος (trítos)
• Arabic: ثالِث m (ṯāliṯ), ثالِثة f (ṯāliṯa)

  Egyptian Arabic: تالت m (tālit)

• Armenian: երրորդ (errord)
• Asturian: terceru (ast)
• Azeri: üçüncü
• Basque: hirugarren (eu)
• Belarusian: трэ́ці m (tréci)
• Bengali: তৃতীয় (tôtiyô)
• Breton: trede (br) m, f, teirvet (br) f, trivet (br) m
• Bulgarian: тре́ти m (tréti)
• Burmese: တတိယ (my) (ta.ti.ya.)
• Catalan: tercer
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第三 (zh) (dìsān)

• Crimean Tatar: üçünci
• Czech: třetí (cs)
• Danish: tredje (da)
• Dutch: derde (nl)
• Esperanto: tria (eo)
• Estonian: kolmas (et)
• Finnish: kolmas (fi)
• French: troisième (fr) m, f, (in names of monarchs and popes; after the name; abbreviation III) trois (fr) m, f
• Galician: terceiro (gl)
• Georgian: მესამე (mesame)
• German: dritte (de)
• Greek: τρίτος (el) (trítos)
• Hawaiian: kolu
• Hebrew: שלישי (shelîyshîy)
• Hindi: तीसरा (tīsrā)
• Hungarian: harmadik (hu)
• Icelandic: þriðji m, þriðja f, n
• Ido: triesma (io)
• Indonesian: ketiga (id)
• Interlingua: tertie
• Irish: tríú (ga)
• Italian: terzo (it) m, terza (it) f, (in names of monarchs and popes) terzo (it) m, (after the name; abbreviation III) terza (it) f
• Japanese: 三番目 (さんばんめ, sanban-me)
• Kazakh: үшінші (üşinşi)
• Khmer: ទីបី (tii bəy)
• Korean: 셋째 (ko) (setjjae)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سێیه‌م (saeam)

• Kyrgyz: үчүнчү (üçünçü)

• Lao: ທີ່ສາມ (thī sām)
• Latgalian: trešs m, treša f, trešais m, trešuo f
• Latin: tertius (la)
• Latvian: trešais (lv) 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
• Mongolian: гурбадахи (gurbadahi)
• Navajo: tááʼ góneʼ
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: tredje (no)

  Norwegian Nynorsk: tredje (no), tridje

• Old English: þridda
• Persian: سوم (fa) (som)
• Polish: trzeci (pl)
• Portuguese: terceiro (pt) m, terceira (pt) f, (rarely) terço (pt) m, terça (pt) f
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} al treilea (ro) m, n , ^{(please verify)} a treia f
• Russian: тре́тий (ru) (trétij), 3-ий (3-ij) (abbreviation)
• Rusyn: тре́тый (trétŷj)
• Scottish Gaelic: treas, trìtheamh
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трећи

  Roman: treći (sh)

• Sinhalese: තුන්‍වැනි (tun‍væni)
• Slovak: tretí m
• Slovene: tretji (sl) m
• Spanish: tercero (es) m, tercer (es) m, tercera (es) f
• Swahili: ya tatu
• Swedish: tredje (sv)
• Tagalog: ikatlo
• Tajik: сеюм (seyum)
• Tatar: өченче (öçençe)
• Telugu: మూడో (mūḍō)
• Thai: ที่สาม (têe săam)
• Turkish: üçüncü (tr)
• Turkmen: üçünji
• Ukrainian: тре́тій (uk) (trétij)
• Uyghur: ئۈچىنچى (üchinchi)
• Uzbek: uchinchi
• Vietnamese: thứ ba (vi)
• Volapük: kilid (vo)
• Welsh: trydydd (cy) m, trydedd f
• West Frisian: tredde (fy)
• Yiddish: דריט (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
• Armenian: երրորդ (errord)
• Basque: hirugarren (eu)
• Belarusian: трэці (treci)
• Bulgarian: трети (treti)
• Catalan: tercer
• Czech: třetí osoba f
• Dutch: derde (nl)
• Finnish: kolmas (fi)
• French: troisième (fr) m, f, tiers (fr) m
• German: Dritter m, Dritte f
• Hungarian: harmadik (hu)
• Icelandic: þriðji m, þriðja f, n
• Interlingua: tertio m, tertia f

• Italian: terzo (it) m, f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سێیه‌م (saeam)

• Latin: tertius (la) m, tertia, tertia f, tertium
• Lithuanian: trečias (lt) m, trečia f
• Lojban: cimoi
• Macedonian: трет (tret), трети (treti)
• Maltese: terza m, f
• Portuguese: terceiro (pt) m
• Romanian: cel de al treilea m, 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

• Armenian: երրորդ (errord)
• Asturian: terciu (ast) m
• Basque: heren (eu)
• Belarusian: траці́на f (tracína)
• Breton: trederenn (br) f
• Bulgarian: третина f (tretina)
• Catalan: tercer m
• Czech: třetina (cs) f
• Danish: tredjedel c
• Dutch: derde (nl) n
• Esperanto: triono
• Finnish: kolmannes, kolmasosa
• French: tiers (fr) m
• Galician: terzo m
• German: Drittel (de)
• Greek: τρίτο (el) n (tríto)
• Haitian Creole: tyè
• Hawaiian: hapakolu
• Hungarian: harmad (hu)

• Icelandic: þriðjungur m
• Interlingua: tertio
• Italian: terzo (it) m
• Latvian: trešdaļa f
• Lithuanian: trečdalis m
• Maltese: terz
• Mandarin: 三分之一 (zh) (sānfēnzhīyī)
• Maori: hautoru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tredel m, tredjedel m

  Nynorsk: tredel m, tredjedel m

• Portuguese: terço (pt) m
• Romanian: treime (ro) f
• Russian: треть (ru) f (tretʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: trian m
• Spanish: tercio (es) m
• Swedish: tredjedel (sv)
• Tamil: மூன்றிலொரு (mūṉṟiloru)

third gear — see third gear

interval

• Bulgarian: те́рца f (térca)
• Catalan: tercera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三度 (zh) (sāndù)

• Czech: tercie f
• Danish: terts c
• Dutch: terts (nl) f
• Esperanto: trito, tercio
• Estonian: terts
• Finnish: terssi (fi)
• French: tierce (fr) f
• German: Terz (de) f
• Hungarian: terc

• Icelandic: þríund f
• Italian: terza (it) f
• Japanese: 三度 (ja) (sando)
• Lithuanian: tercija f
• 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)

§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

• Hungarian: harmadol (hu)

§Related terms

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

Wikipedia

§See also

• interval

§Anagrams

• thrid