Dictionary

thirteen en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌθɝtin-/ (General-American)
• /ˈθɝt.tin/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈθɝ.tin/ (General-American)
• /ˌθɝtˈtin/ (General-American)
• /ˈθɜː.tiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌθɜːˈtiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

1. A group of thirteen items.

Forms

Relateds

thirteenth · baker's dozen

thirteen en · NUM

Pronunciation

• /ˌθɝtin-/ (General-American)
• /ˈθɝt.tin/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈθɝ.tin/ (General-American)
• /ˌθɝtˈtin/ (General-American)
• /ˈθɜː.tiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌθɜːˈtiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

1. The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.
   • His brother's age is thirteen.
   • There are thirteen cards of each of the four suits in a deck of playing cards.
   • In the spring of 1857, I, with several friends, left Hongkong for Shanghai, viâ Foochow, in the small coasting steamer Antelope. No noteworthy incident occurred until after leaving Foochow when, as we were enjoying our after dinner coffee and cigars, and by chance discussing the question of thirteen sitting down at table that had occurred at a dinner at which one of the party had shortly before been present, a violent thump and tremulous motion of the vessel announced the unpleasant fact that we had struck upon something. We rushed on deck and found the steamer hard and fast on a reef near Matsu Island. Fortunately the day was fine and there was no sea on. 1890 February 28, W. S. Wetmore, “RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE IN CHINA IN THE FIFTIES.”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XLIV, number 1178, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 256, column 1:
   • During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…] 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:
   • In the summer of 2014, at least thirteen BTGs and elements of five SPETSNAZ units were poised on the Ukrainian border.³⁶ 2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2024, page 42:

Coordinates

twelve (Previous) · fourteen (Next)

Deriveds

thirteenish · thirteenpence · thirteensome · thirteen to the dozen · thirteen hundred · thirteenness · thirteen-lined ground squirrel · grade thirteen · sweet thirteen · thirteenpenny · thirteen-striped gopher · thirteener · thirteenfold

Relateds

mul:D · mul:XIII · triskaidekaphobia · thirteenth · mul:13

Synonyms

baker's dozen · throtteen · long dozen

Translations (240)

crh on üç (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · or ତେର (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sc trexi (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · fj tini ka tolu (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sq trembëdhjetë (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · lv trīspadsmit (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · cy tair ar ddeg (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · mn ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠭᠤᠷᠪᠠ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ru трина́дцать (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · dlm tretco (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · pms tërdes (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sk trinásť (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · gv tree jeig (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sa त्रयोदश (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ast trece (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ik qulit piŋasut (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · da tretten (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · crp-cpr 的利那此地 (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · el δεκατρείς (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · tt унөч (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sl trinajst (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · nds dorteihn (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · chr ᏦᎦᏚ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · arc תלתעסרא (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · scn trìdici (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · vec tredese (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · de dreizehn (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · no tretten (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ga trí déag (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · grc τρισκαίδεκα (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ny khumi n'zitatu (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · id tiga belas (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · hak 十三 (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · lou trèz (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · rue трина́дцять (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · mt tlettax (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · io dek-e-tri (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · am አስራ ሶስት (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · oj ashi-niswi (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · jv telulas (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · cv вунвиҫҫӗ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · pl trzynaście (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ro treisprezece (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · acw تلتطعش (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · rm tredesch (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ltg treispadsmit (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · fy trettjin (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · haw ʻumikūmākolu (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · bo བཅུ་གསུམ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · lld tredesc (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · tig ዐስር ወሰለስ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · cv вунвиҫҫ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · oc tretze (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · mnw စှ်ပိ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · fr treize (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ase Hu@Side-PalmBack Flatten (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · mr तेरा (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · nds dörteihn (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · nrf treize (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · cu трьѥ на дєсѧтє (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sc treghi (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · grc ιγ΄ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · tr on üç (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · cy undeg tair (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · grc τρεισκαίδεκα (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · kk он үш (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · rgn trédgg (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · gu તેર (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · wa traze (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · kn ಹದಿಮೂರು (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sw kumi na tatu (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ay tunka kimsani (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · vo balsekil (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · dz བཅུ་གསུམ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sv tretton (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · fi kolmetoista (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ty hō'ē 'ahuru ma toru (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · hy տասներեք (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · smn kulmânubáloh (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sc trechi (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · br trizek (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ba ун өс (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · fa ۱۳ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · scn trìrici (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · fur tredis (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · tfn tuq'i beq'di (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · dv ތޭރަ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · rm traidesch (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · rm tredisch (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · esu qula pingayun (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · eu hamahiru (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · et kolmteist (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · vo degkil (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · kxd tiga balas (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · xag 𐕀𐔼𐔱𐔴𐕂𐔰𐕙 (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · tk on üç (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · lkt akéyamni (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ms sepuluh tiga (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · tl labintatlo (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · nci mahtlāctli omēyi (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · es trece (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sh тринаест (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ta பதின்மூன்று (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · fo trettan (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · an treze (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · eo dek tri (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · hsb třinaće (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · yue 十三 (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ug ئون ئۈچ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · yua óoxlajun (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · co trèdeci (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · nds dötteihn (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · khb ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦱᧄ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · fa سیزده (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · bg трина́десет (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · rgn tredṣ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · cs třináct (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · hi तेरह (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · zza desuhirê (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ask traus (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · hop pakwt niikyang paykomuy siikya’ta (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · he שְׁלוֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · cy un deg tri (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · izh kolttoist (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · te పదమూడు (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ht trèz (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · si දහතුන (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ja 十三 (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sco thirteen (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · bcl kagtulo (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · mi tekau mā toru (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · pa ਤੇਰਾਂ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · as তেৰ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sms konmlo (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · nan-tws san1zab8 (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · prn ċšīzē (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · kl aqqaneq-pingasut (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · vec trédexe (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ms satu puluh telu (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · pdc dreizeh (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ceb napulog tulo (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · th สิบสาม (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · koi даскуим (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · nv tááʼtsʼáadah (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · lo ສິບສາມ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · rom deśutrin (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · csm naˀá·ča- toló·košu-ˀ hej·i-ˀ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ovd trettǫ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · se golbmanuppelohkái (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · mnc ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᡳᠯᠠᠨ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sat ᱜᱮᱞ ᱯᱮ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · he שְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ia dece-tres (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ml പതിമൂന്ന് (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · cy tri ar ddeg (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · bg трина́йсет (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sip བཅུ་གསུམ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · pt treze (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · wbk trū̃š (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ko 열셋 (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · bsh trić (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ms telu belas (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · to hongofulu mā tolu (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ky он үч (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ka ცამეტი (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · rmf deȟ-o-triin (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · uk трина́дцять (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sc treci (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · tpi tetin (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · my ဆယ့်သုံး (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ms satu puluh tiga (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · dsb tśinasćo (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · el δεκατρία (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · wym drecao (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sc tréichi (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · mn арван гурав (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · it tredici (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · cv вунвиҫӗ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · bua арбан гурбан (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ckb سیانزە (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · arc תלתעסר (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ist tridase (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · be трына́ццаць (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ur تیرہ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · az on üç (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · la trēdecim (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · arz تلاتاشر (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ro treișpe (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · mg telo ambinifolo (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · gd trì-deug (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · bn তেরো (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ang þrēotīene (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · hu tizenhárom (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ast trelce (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · acw ثلثطعش (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ms tiga belas (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · nan-tws sab8 (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · enm thrittene (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · gl trece (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sm sefulu tolu (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ti ዓሰርተ ሰለስተ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · sh trinaest (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · is þrettán (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · alt он ӱч (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · yi דרײַצן (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ce кхойтта (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · shn သိပ်းသၢမ် (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · kix tshìekǜsǖmīeh (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · wo fukk ak ñett (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · hrx dreizen (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · lmo tredes (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · uz oʻn uch (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ms sepuluh telu (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · liv kuolmtuoistõn (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · tpi wanpela ten tri (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ca tretze (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · lb dräizéng (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · af dertien (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · za cib sam (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · vi mười ba (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · km ដប់បី (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · mi ngahuru mā toru (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · tg сездаҳ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · lt trylika (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · nl dertien (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ar ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ksw တဆံသၢ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · mk трина́есет (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · arc ܬܠܬܥܣܪ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · arc ܬܠܬܥܣܪܐ (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · pl trzynaścioro (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ko 십삼 (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · kmr sêzde (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · lij trézze (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · qu chunka kimsayuq (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · yao likumi kwisa tatu (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · cmn 十三 (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · mn ᠑᠓) (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · zza hirês (diq) (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen) · ja 十三 (the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen)

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