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thirties en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) From or evoking the 31st through 40th years of a century (chiefly the 1930s).
   • Yearslong droughts? How thirties!
   • 'Something light and airy for this last burst of summer, non?' said Madame, and held up a dress in creamy pink crêpe-de-Chine. 'Very thirties, n'est-ce pas? I adore this fabric—so fluid, so graceful.' 1990, Catherine George, Come Back to Me, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 58:

Forms

thirties en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only) The fourth decade of a century: the 1830s, 1930s, 2030s, etc.
   • It says here on your resume that your last job was as a streetcorner apple vendor and that you haven't worked since the thirties.
   • The Road to Glory, while not the best, was likewise not the least of the thirties films which may justly be called "anti-war" in both intent and execution. 1975, Michael T. Isenberg, “An Ambiguous Pacifism: A Retrospective on World War I Films, 1930–1938”, in Journal of Popular Film, volume 4, number 2, →DOI, page 109:
2. (form-of, plural) plural of thirty
   form of thirty
3. (plural, plural-only) The decade of one's life from age 30 through age 39.
   • He looked to be in his thirties.
4. (plural, plural-only, qualifier:rates) The range between 30 and 39.
   • It's going to be in the low thirties tonight.

Forms

Deriveds

seven-thirties · twirties · Dirty Thirties

Relateds

1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s · aughts · tricenarian · zeros · zeroes · 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s · noughties · 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s · thirtysomething · Hungry Forties · Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties · tens · 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s · 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s · 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties · 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s · '00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s · oughts · oneties · 00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's

Synonyms

'30s · 30s · 1930s

Translations (36)

ko 30년대 (1930s) · ja 三十代 (age 30–39) · ka ოცდაათიანი წლები (1930s) · mr तिशी (age 30–39) · ja 30代 (age 30–39) · fr années 30 (1930s) · fr années trente (1930s) · fr trentaine (age 30–39) · cy tridegau (1930s) · nl jaren dertig (1930s) · es treinta y tantos (age 30–39) · cmn 三十年代 (1930s) · pl lata trzydzieste (1930s) · fi kolmekymmentäluku (1930s) · pl lata 30. (1930s) · es treinta y pico (age 30–39) · ja 三十年代 (1930s) · es treintas (age 30–39) · es años treinta (1930s) · nl jaren 30 (1930s) · es treintón (age 30–39) · ka ოცდაათიანები (1930s) · cmn 30年代 (1930s) · et kolmekümnendad (1930s) · es treintañero (age 30–39) · ka 30-იანი წლები (1930s) · hu harmincas évek (1930s) · de dreißiger Jahre (1930s) · ko 삼십년대 (1930s) · ko 삼십대 (age 30–39) · ja 30年代 (1930s) · ka 30-იანები (1930s) · es treintas (1930s) · ko 30대 (age 30–39) · de Dreißiger (1930s) · nl jaren 1930 (1930s)