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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
Lü:
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