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Webster 1913 Edition

Thirty

Thir′ty

,
Adj.
[OE.
thritty
, AS.
þrītig
,
þrittig
; akin to D.
dertig
, G.
dreissig
, Icel.
þrjātīu
,
þrjātigi
,
þrir teger
, Goth.
þreis tigjus
, i.e., three tens. See
Three
, and Ten, and cf.
Thirteen
.]
Being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten;
as, the month of June consists of
thirty
days
.

Thir′ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Thirties
.
1.
The sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects.
2.
A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX.

Webster 1828 Edition

Thirty

THIRTY

,
Adj.
thur'ty. Thrice ten; ten three times repeated; or twenty and ten. The month of June consists of thirty days. Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh.

Definition 2024

thirty

thirty

English

English cardinal numbers
 <  29 30 31  > 
    Cardinal : thirty
    Ordinal : thirtieth

Alternative forms

Numeral

thirty

  1. The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

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Noun

thirty ‎(plural thirties)

  1. (slang) A rack of thirty beers.

References

  1. 1 2 “thirty” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
  2. 1 2 “thirty” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  3. ↑ Macmillan (US) (compare Macmillan (UK)
  4. ↑ the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Etymology

From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thritti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þritiġ ‎(“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz ‎(“thrity”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three +‎ -ty.[1][2] Cognate with Scots therty, tretty ‎(“thirty”), West Frisian tritich ‎(“thrity”), Dutch dertig ‎(“thrity”), German dreißig ‎(“thirty”).

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