third wheel

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43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 電燈泡 /电灯泡 (diàndēngpào) — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Dutch: vijfde wiel aan de wagen — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Dutch: vijfde rad aan de wagen — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Finnish: painolasti — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• German: fünftes Rad am Wagen — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Hindi: कबाब में हड्डी (kabāb mẽ haḍḍī) — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Hungarian: harmadik kerék — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Italian: ultima ruota del carro — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Polish: piąte koło u wozu — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Romanian: a cincea roată la căruță — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Russian: третий лишний (tretij lišnij) — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: тринаесто прасе — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: trinaesto prase — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Spanish: cero a la izquierda — person or thing that serves no useful purpose
• Chinese Cantonese: 電燈膽 /电灯胆 — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Chinese Mandarin: 電燈泡 /电灯泡 (diàndēngpào) — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Finnish: kolmas pyörä — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• French: tenir la chandelle — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• French: cinquième roue du carrosse — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Hebrew: גלגל שלישי (galgál shlishí) — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Hindi: कबाब में हड्डी (kabāb mẽ haḍḍī) — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Hungarian: gyertyatartó — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Hungarian: harmadik kerék — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Indonesian: obat nyamuk — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Irish: éan corr — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Italian: terzo incomodo — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Polish: przyzwoitka — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Polish: piąte koło u wozu — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Portuguese: vela — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Russian: тре́тий ли́шний (trétij líšnij) — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Spanish: sujetavelas — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Spanish: mal tercio — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Spanish: sapo — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Spanish: violinista — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Spanish: chaperón — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Spanish: paleta — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Spanish: lamparita — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Swedish: tredje hjul — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Vietnamese: trà xanh — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Vietnamese: tiểu tam — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Vietnamese: người thứ ba — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Vietnamese: con giáp thứ 13 — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date
• Welsh: olwyn sbâr — unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date