third

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English

Etymology

From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: thûd, IPA^(key): /θɜːd/
• (US) enPR: thûrd, IPA^(key): /θɝd/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /tʰʊːɹd/
• (New York City) IPA^(key): /t̪ɔɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
• Homophone: turd (in some accents)

Adjective

third (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

Synonyms

• 3rd, 3d, IIIrd, III

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

third (countable and uncountable, plural thirds)

1. The person or thing in the third position.

2. One of three equal parts of a whole.
3. (uncountable) The third gear of a gearbox.

4. (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

5. (baseball) third base

6. (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
7. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
8. (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.

Synonyms

• (gear): third gear
• (fractions): third part, ⅓

Derived terms

Related terms

• riding

Translations

Verb

third (third-person singular simple present thirds, present participle thirding, simple past and past participle thirded)

1. (informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
2. To divide into three equal parts.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• interval

Anagrams

• drith, thrid

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

Adjective

third

1. third

References

• “thrid, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “third, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.