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Definition 2024

third_wheel

third wheel

English

Noun

third wheel ‎(plural third wheels)

(idiomatic) A person or thing that serves no useful purpose.
(idiomatic) An unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date.

Translations

person or thing that serves no useful purpose

Chinese:
Mandarin: 累赘 (zh)
Finnish: painolasti (fi)
French: troisième roue f

Russian: третий лишний ‎(tretij lišnij)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: тринаесто прасе

Roman: trinaesto prase

unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date

Chinese:
Mandarin: 電燈泡 (zh), 电灯泡 (zh) ‎(diàndēngpào)
Finnish: kolmas pyörä
Hungarian: gyertyatartó (hu)

Indonesian: obat nyamuk (id)
Portuguese: vela (pt) f
Spanish: sujetavelas m, f (Spain), mal tercio m (Mexico), sapo (es) m (Cuba), violinista (es) m, f (Latin America)

Synonyms

fifth wheel