wikipedia|dab=third
English
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Etymology
OE. þridda
Pronunciation
thû(r)d, /θ��(r)d/, /T3:(r)d/
audio|en-us-third.ogg|Audio (US)
Adjective
third
- The ordinal number|ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
#: The third tree from the left is my favorite.
Abbreviations
Translations
trans-top|the ordinal form of the cardinal number three
Breton: trede m|f, teirvet f, trivet m
Bulgarian: ��е�и m
Catalan: tercer (abbreviation 3r)
Crimean Tatar: üçünci
Czech: t�età (abbreviation 3.)
Danish: tredje (abbreviation 3.)
Dutch: derde (abbreviations 3de, 3e)
Esperanto: tria
Finnish: kolmas
French: troisième m|f (before the noun) (abbreviation 3<sup>ème</sup>); (in names of monarchs and popes) trois m|f (after the name) (abbreviation III)
Frisian: tredde (abbreviation 3e)
German: dritte (abbreviation 3.)
Icelandic: þriðji m, þriðja f|n (abbreviation 3.)
Indonesian: ketiga (abbreviation ke-3)
Interlingua: tertie (abbreviation 3<sup>e</sup>)
Irish: trÃú (abbreviation 3ú)
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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: ��� (�����, sanban-me)
Kurdish:
Latin: tertius.
Maltese: it-tilet
Manchu: (ilaci)
Manx: treeoo (abbreviation 3oo)
Polish: trzeci m, trzecia f, trzecie n (abbreviation 3. or 3-ci)
Portuguese: terceiro m, terceira f, rarely: terço m, terça f (abbreviations 3º, 3ª)
Romanian: al treilea m, a treia f
Spanish: tercero m, tercer m (as an adjective), tercera f, terceiro m, terceira f (abbreviation 3º)
Russian: ��е�ий (abbreviation 3-ий)
Slovak: tretÃ
Spanish: tercero (abbreviation 3º)
Swedish: tredje (abbreviation 3:e)
Tatar: ө�ен�е
Turkish: üçüncü (abbreviation 3.)
Vietnamese: thứ ba
Welsh: trydydd (abbreviation 3ydd)
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Noun
third (plural: thirds)
- (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the third position.
#: Jones came in third.
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
#: He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
- (not used in the plural) The third gear of an engine.
#: Now put it into third.
- music An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
#: They sing in thirds.
- baseball third base
#: The play ended with Jones standing on third.
Synonyms
i-c|gear third gear
Translations
trans-top|person or thing in the third position
Czech: t�età osoba f
Finnish: kolmas (1)
French: troisième m|f
Icelandic: þriðji m, þriðja f|n
Interlingua: tertio m, tertia f
Italian: terzo m|f
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Kurdish:
Maltese: terza m|f
Portuguese: terceiro m, terceira f
Romanian: cel al treilea m, cea a treia f
Swedish: tredje
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trans-top|one of three equal parts of a whole
Bulgarian: ��е�ина f
Czech: t�etina f
Finnish: kolmannes, kolmasosa
French: tiers#French|tiers m
Icelandic: þriðjungur m
Interlingua: tertio
Italian: terzo m
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Maltese: terz
Portuguese: terço m
Swedish: tredjedel
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trans-top|third gear
See third gear
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trans-top|interval
Czech: tercie f
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Related terms
major third
minor third
third gear
wikipedia|Third person
See also
interval
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