Meanings
alternative nonstandard obsolete threety · alternative nonstandard obsolete thretty · alternative obsolete thirtie · alternative 30 · alternative XXX
- The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
To conclude, here in tabular form is a summary of our ratings of espressos produced from thirty pod, capsule and disc blends.
2009 January 19, Kenneth Davids, “Convenience First: Espresso Pods and Capsules”, in Coffee Review, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2025Synonyms: triacontad
plural thirties · alternative nonstandard obsolete threety · alternative nonstandard obsolete thretty · alternative obsolete thirtie · alternative 30 · alternative XXX
- slangA rack of thirty beers.
- broadcastingA commercial lasting 30 seconds.
[…] instead of thirties [thirty-second commercials], they buy sixties, which cost twice as much. They spend more on filming it than they need to; they buy a lot of ads that are garbage and don't really say anything, just to fill up the space.
2014, Jules Witcover, No Way to Pick a President
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*þrīz tigiwiz“thirty”
- Old Englishþrītiġ
- Middle Englishthirty
- Englishthirty
From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of thritty, from Old English þrītiġ, þrittiġ (“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz (“thirty”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three + -ty. Cognate with Scots therty, tretty (“thirty”), West Frisian tritich (“thirty”), Dutch dertig (“thirty”), German dreißig (“thirty”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans dertig
- dertigcardinal number
Ancient Greek τριάκοντα, λ΄
- τριάκοντα (triákonta)cardinal number
- λ΄cardinal number
Arabic ثَلَاثِينَ, ثَلَاثُونَ
- ثَلَاثِينَ (ṯalāṯīna)cardinal number
- ثَلَاثُونَ (ṯalāṯūna)cardinal number
- ٣٠cardinal number
Basque hogeita hamar
- hogeita hamarcardinal number
Bengali ত্রিশ, তিরিশ
- ত্রিশ (triś)cardinal number
- তিরিশ (tiriś)cardinal number
Bulgarian три́десет, три́йсет
- три́десет (trídeset)cardinal number
- три́йсет (tríjset)cardinal number
Catalan trenta
- trentacardinal number
Chinese Cantonese 三十, 卅
- 三十 (saam¹ sap⁶)cardinal number
- 卅 (saa¹)cardinal number
- 卅呀 (saa¹ aa⁶)cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin 三十
- 三十 (sānshí)cardinal number
Czech třicet
- třicetcardinal number
Danish tredive, tredve
- tredivecardinal number
- tredvecardinal number
- treticardinal number
Dutch dertig
- dertigcardinal number
Esperanto tridek
- tridekcardinal number
Estonian kolmkümmend
- kolmkümmendcardinal number
Finnish kolmekymmentä
- kolmekymmentäcardinal number
French trente
- trentecardinal number
German dreißig
- dreißigcardinal number
Greek τριάντα
- τριάντα (triánta)cardinal number
Hawaiian kanakolu
- kanakolucardinal number
Hebrew שְׁלוֹשִׁים
- שְׁלוֹשִׁים (shloshím)cardinal number
Hindi तीस, त्रिंशत्
- तीस (tīs)cardinal number
- त्रिंशत् (triñśat)cardinal number
Hungarian harminc
- harminccardinal number
Icelandic þrjátíu
- þrjátíucardinal number
Indonesian tiga puluh
- tiga puluhcardinal number
Irish tríocha
- tríochacardinal number
Italian trenta
- trentacardinal number
Japanese 三十
- 三十 (sanjū)cardinal number
Korean 서른, 삼십
- 서른 (seoreun)cardinal number
- 삼십 (samsip)cardinal number
Latin trīginta
- trīgintacardinal number
Latvian trīsdesmit
- trīsdesmitcardinal number
Lithuanian trisdešimt
- trisdešimtcardinal number
Malay tiga puluh
- tiga puluhcardinal number
Māori toru tekau
- toru tekaucardinal number
Norwegian Bokmål tretti
- tretticardinal number
Norwegian Nynorsk tretti
- tretticardinal number
Persian سی
- سی (si)cardinal number
Polish trzydzieści
- trzydzieścicardinal number
Portuguese trinta
- trintacardinal number
Punjabi ਤੀਹ
- ਤੀਹ (tīh)cardinal number
Romanian treizeci
- treizecicardinal number
Russian три́дцать
- три́дцать (trídcatʹ)cardinal number
Scottish Gaelic deug air fhichead, trìthead
- deug air fhicheadcardinal number
- trìtheadcardinal number
Slovak tridsať
- tridsaťcardinal number
Spanish treinta
- treintacardinal number
Swahili thelathini
- thelathinicardinal number
Swedish trettio
- trettiocardinal number
Tagalog tatlumpu
- tatlumpucardinal number
Thai สามสิบ
- สามสิบ (sǎam-sìp)cardinal number
Turkish otuz
- otuzcardinal number
Ukrainian три́дцять, три́йцять
- три́дцять (trýdcjatʹ)cardinal number
- три́йцять (trýjcjatʹ)cardinal number
Urdu تیس
- تیس (tīs)cardinal number
Vietnamese ba mươi
- ba mươicardinal number
Welsh trideg, deg ar hugain
- tridegcardinal number
- deg ar hugaincardinal number
- tri degcardinal number
Yiddish דרײַסיק
- דרײַסיק (draysik)cardinal number
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thirty
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thirty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty
“thirty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thirty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty.
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