adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈθɜːdli/
UK:/ˈθɜːdlɪ/
US:/ˈθɚdli/
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CMU ARPABET:TH ER1 D L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In the third place; third in a row.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
in the third place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
third we must consider unemployment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: third
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English third Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English thirdly From third + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
ثَالِثًا
(ṯāliṯan)
— in the third place; third in a row
Armenian:
երրորդ
(errord)
— in the third place; third in a row
Bashkir:
өсөнсөнән
(ösönsönən)
— in the third place; third in a row
Belarusian:
па-трэ́цяе
(pa-trécjaje)
— in the third place; third in a row
Catalan:
tercer
— in the third place; third in a row
Catalan:
tercerament
— in the third place; third in a row
Chinese Mandarin:
三來 /三来
(sānlái)
— in the third place; third in a row
Chinese Mandarin:
第三
(dìsān)
— in the third place; third in a row
Czech:
za třetí
— in the third place; third in a row
Danish:
for det tredje
— in the third place; third in a row
Esperanto:
trie
— in the third place; third in a row
Estonian:
kolmandaks
— in the third place; third in a row
French:
tertio
— in the third place; third in a row
French:
troisièmement
— in the third place; third in a row
Old French:
tiercement
— in the third place; third in a row
German:
drittens
— in the third place; third in a row
Hungarian:
harmadszor
— in the third place; third in a row
Italian:
terziamente
— in the third place; third in a row
Japanese:
第三に
(daisan ni)
— in the third place; third in a row
Kazakh:
үшіншіден
(üşınşıden)
— in the third place; third in a row
Korean:
셋째로
(setjjaero)
— in the third place; third in a row
Marathi:
तिसरे
(tisre)
— in the third place; third in a row
Persian:
ثالثاً
(sâlesan)
— in the third place; third in a row
Persian:
سوماً
(sevvoman)
— in the third place; third in a row
Polish:
po trzecie
— in the third place; third in a row
Portuguese:
terceiramente
— in the third place; third in a row
Russian:
в-тре́тьих
(v-trétʹix)
— in the third place; third in a row
Slovak:
po tretie
— in the third place; third in a row
Swedish:
för det tredje
— in the third place; third in a row
Tajik:
солисан
(solisan)
— in the third place; third in a row
Ukrainian:
по-тре́тє
(po-trétje)
— in the third place; third in a row
Uzbek:
uchinchidan
— in the third place; third in a row
Yiddish:
דריטנס
(dritns)
— in the third place; third in a row