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thirteen

num · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌθɜːˈtiːn/
  • General-American: /ˌθɝtˈtin/
  • General-American: /ˌθɝtin-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθɜː.tiːn/
  • General-American: /ˈθɝt.tin/
  • General-American: /ˈθɝ.tin/
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  • rhymes with -iːn
  • CMU ARPABET: TH ER1 T IY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

num

Meaning 1

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There are thirteen cards of each of the four suits in a deck of playing cards.
  • His brother's age is thirteen.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baker's dozen, long dozen, throtteen

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

being one more than twelve

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 13, xiii

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 13, XIII, baker's dozen, long dozen

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large integer

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

240 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dertien — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Aghwan: 𐕀𐔼𐔱𐔴𐕂𐔰𐕙 (xibec̣ar) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Albanian: trembëdhjetë — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Southern Altai: он ӱч (on üč) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • American Sign Language: Hu@Side-PalmBack Flatten — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Amharic: አስራ ሶስት (ʾäsra sost) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Arabic: ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ (ṯalāṯata ʕašara) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Arabic: تلاتاشر (talataašar) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Arabic: ثلثطعش (talaṭṭaʕaš, ṯalaṯṭaʕaš) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Arabic: تلتطعش (talatṭaʕaš) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Aragonese: treze — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Aramaic: תלתעסר (tlātha‘sar) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Aramaic: תלתעסרא (tlātha‘esrē) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Aramaic: ܬܠܬܥܣܪ (tlātha‘sar) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Aramaic: ܬܠܬܥܣܪܐ (tlātha‘esrē) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Armenian: տասներեք (tasnerekʻ) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Ashkun: traus — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Assamese: তেৰ (tero) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Asturian: trece — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Asturian: trelce — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Aymara: tunka kimsani — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Azerbaijani: on üç — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Bashkir: ун өс (un ös) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Basque: hamahiru — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Belarusian: трына́ццаць (trynáccacʹ) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Bengali: তেরো (terō) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Central Bikol: kagtulo — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Breton: trizek — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Bulgarian: трина́десет (trinádeset) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Bulgarian: трина́йсет (trinájset) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Burmese: ဆယ့်သုံး (hcai.sum:) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Buryat: арбан гурбан (arban gurban) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Carpathian Rusyn: трина́дцять (trynádcjatʹ) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Catalan: tretze — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Cebuano: napulog tulo — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Chechen: кхойтта (qojtta) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Cherokee: ᏦᎦᏚ (tsogadu) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Chichewa: khumi n'zitatu — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Chinese Cantonese: 十三 (sap6 saam1) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Hakka Chinese: 十三 (sṳ̍p-sâm) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 十三 (shísān) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Teochew: san1zab8 — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Teochew: sab8 — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Chinese Pidgin Russian: 的利那此地 — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Chuvash: вунвиҫҫӗ (vunviśśĕ) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Chuvash: вунвиҫӗ (vunviś̬ĕ) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Chuvash: вунвиҫҫ (vunviśś) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Corsican: trèdeci — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Crimean Tatar: on üç — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Czech: třináct — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Dalmatian: tretco — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Danish: tretten — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Dena'ina: tuq'i beq'di — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Dhivehi: ތޭރަ (tēra) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Dutch: dertien — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Dzongkha: བཅུ་གསུམ (bcu gsum) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Elfdalian: trettǫ — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Esperanto: dek tri — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Estonian: kolmteist — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Faroese: trettan — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Fijian: tini ka tolu — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Finnish: kolmetoista — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • French: treize — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • West-Frisian: trettjin — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Friulian: tredis — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Galician: trece — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Georgian: ცამეტი (cameṭi) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • German: dreizehn — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Greek: δεκατρείς (dekatreís) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Greek: δεκατρία (dekatría) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Ancient Greek: τρεισκαίδεκα (treiskaídeka) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Ancient Greek: τρισκαίδεκα (triskaídeka) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Ancient Greek: ιγ ́ — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Greenlandic: aqqaneq-pingasut — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Gujarati: તેર (ter) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Haitian Creole: trèz — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Hawaiian: ʻumikūmākolu — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Hebrew: שְׁלוֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (shlosh esre) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Hebrew: שְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר (shlosha asar) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Hindi: तेरह (terah) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Hopi: pakwt niikyang paykomuy siikya’ta — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Hungarian: tizenhárom — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Hunsrik: dreizen — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Icelandic: þrettán — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Ido: dek-e-tri — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Indonesian: tiga belas — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Ingrian: kolttoist — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Interlingua: dece-tres — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Inupiaq: qulit piŋasut — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Irish: trí déag — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Istriot: tridase — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Italian: tredici — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Japanese: 十三 (jūsan) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Japanese: 十三 (tosa) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Javanese: telulas — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Kamkata-viri: trić — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Kannada: ಹದಿಮೂರು (hadimūru) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • S'gaw Karen: တဆံသၢ (ta hsee thuh) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Kazakh: он үш (on üş) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Khmer: ដប់បី (dop bei) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Komi-Permyak: даскуим (daskuim) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Korean: 열셋 (yeolset) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Korean: 십삼 (sipsam) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Central Kurdish: سیانزە (syanze) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Northern Kurdish: sêzde — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Kyrgyz: он үч (on üc) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Ladin: tredesc — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Lakota: akéyamni — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Lao: ສິບສາມ (sip sām) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Latgalian: treispadsmit — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Latin: trēdecim — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Latvian: trīspadsmit — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Ligurian: trézze — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Lithuanian: trylika — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Livonian: kuolmtuoistõn — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Lombard: tredes — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Louisiana Creole: trèz — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Low German: dörteihn — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Low German: dötteihn — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Low German: dorteihn — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • : ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦱᧄ (ṡiibṡaam) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Luxembourgish: dräizéng — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Macedonian: трина́есет (trináeset) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Malagasy: telo ambinifolo — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Malay: tiga belas — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Malay: telu belas — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Malay: sepuluh tiga — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Malay: sepuluh telu — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Malay: satu puluh tiga — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Malay: satu puluh telu — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Brunei Malay: tiga balas — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Malayalam: പതിമൂന്ന് (patimūnnŭ) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Maltese: tlettax — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᡳᠯᠠᠨ (juwan ilan) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Manx: tree jeig — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Māori: ngahuru mā toru — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Māori: tekau mā toru — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Marathi: तेरा (terā) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Middle English: thrittene — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Central Sierra Miwok: naˀá·ča- toló·košu-ˀ hej·i-ˀ — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Mon: စှ်ပိ — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Mongolian: арван гурав (arvan gurav) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠭᠤᠷᠪᠠ (arban ɣurba) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Mongolian: ᠑᠓) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Khiamniungan Naga: tshìekǜsǖmīeh — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Classical Nahuatl: mahtlāctli omēyi — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Navajo: tááʼtsʼáadah — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Norman: treize — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Norwegian: tretten — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Occitan: tretze — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Odia: ତେର (tera) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Ojibwe: ashi-niswi — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Old Church Slavonic: трьѥ на дєсѧтє (trĭje na desęte) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Old English: þrēotīene — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Pennsylvania German: dreizeh — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Persian: سیزده (sizdah) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Persian: ۱۳ — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Piedmontese: tërdes — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Polish: trzynaście — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Polish: trzynaścioro — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Portuguese: treze — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Prasuni: ċšīzē — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Punjabi: ਤੇਰਾਂ (terā̃) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Quechua: chunka kimsayuq — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Romagnol: tredṣ — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Romagnol: trédgg — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Romani: deśutrin — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: deȟ-o-triin — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Romanian: treisprezece — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Romanian: treișpe — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Romansh: tredesch — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Romansh: tredisch — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Romansh: traidesch — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Russian: трина́дцать (trinádcatʹ) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Inari-Sami: kulmânubáloh — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Northern Sami: golbmanuppelohkái — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Skolt-Sami: konmlo — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Samoan: sefulu tolu — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Sanskrit: त्रयोदश (trayodaśa) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Santali: ᱜᱮᱞ ᱯᱮ (gel pe) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Sardinian: trechi — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Sardinian: treghi — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Sardinian: treci — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Sardinian: tréichi — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Sardinian: trexi — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Scots: thirteen — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Scottish Gaelic: trì-deug — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Serbo-Croatian: тринаест — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Serbo-Croatian: trinaest — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Shan: သိပ်းသၢမ် (síp sǎam) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Sicilian: trìdici — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Sicilian: trìrici — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Sikkimese: བཅུ་གསུམ (bcu gsum) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Sinhalese: දහතුන (dahatuna) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Slovak: trinásť — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Slovene: trinajst — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Lower Sorbian: tśinasćo — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Upper Sorbian: třinaće — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Spanish: trece — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Swahili: kumi na tatu — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Swedish: tretton — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Tagalog: labintatlo — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Tahitian: hō'ē 'ahuru ma toru — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Tajik: сездаҳ (sezdah) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Tamil: பதின்மூன்று (patiṉmūṉṟu) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Tatar: унөч (unöç) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Telugu: పదమూడు (padamūḍu) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Thai: สิบสาม (sìp-sǎam) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Tibetan: བཅུ་གསུམ (bcu gsum) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Tigre: ዐስር ወሰለስ (ʿäsr wäsäläs) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Tigrinya: ዓሰርተ ሰለስተ (ʿasärtä sälästä) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Tok Pisin: tetin — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Tok Pisin: wanpela ten tri — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Tongan: hongofulu mā tolu — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Turkish: on üç — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Turkmen: on üç — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Ukrainian: трина́дцять (trynádcjatʹ) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Urdu: تیرہ (terah) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Uyghur: ئون ئۈچ (on üch) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Uzbek: oʻn uch — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Venetan: tredese — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Venetan: trédexe — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Vietnamese: mười ba — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Vilamovian: drecao — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Volapük: degkil — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Volapük: balsekil — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Waigali: trū̃š — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Walloon: traze — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Welsh: tri ar ddeg — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Welsh: tair ar ddeg — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Welsh: un deg tri — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Welsh: undeg tair — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Wolof: fukk ak ñett — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Yao (Africa): likumi kwisa tatu — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Yiddish: דרײַצן (draytsn) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Yucatec Maya: óoxlajun — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Yup'ik: qula pingayun — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Zazaki: desuhirê — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Zazaki: hirês (diq) — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
  • Zhuang: cib sam — the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen
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