thirteen
numeralnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈθɜː.tiːn//
- United States//ˈθɝt.tin//
- United States//ˌθɝtin-//
The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.
numeral
- 1
The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.
There are thirteen cards of each of the four suits in a deck of playing cards.
His brother's age is thirteen.
During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
In the summer of 2014, at least thirteen BTGs and elements of five SPETSNAZ units were poised on the Ukrainian border.³⁶
Etymology
From Middle English thirttene, variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun, compound of *þrīz (“three”) + *tehun (“teen”). Cognate with West Frisian trettjin, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn, Danish tretten. Equivalent to three + -teen.
noun
- 1
A group of thirteen items.
Forms
- plural
- thirteens
thirteen · The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.
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