third

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adj

The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

Noun

1. The person or thing in the third position.
2. One of three equal parts of a whole.
3. The third gear of a gearbox.
4. An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
5. third base
6. A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
7. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
8. One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.

Verb

1. (informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
2. To divide into three equal parts.

Konzepte

dritte

3rd

Drittel

3rd

dritter

Terz

drittes

Dritte

Dritter

drittel

dreiteilen

drei

3

Synonyme

thirdly

third base

one-third

tertiary

in the third place

3rd

third gear

tierce

number three

third part

three

tri

trimester

triple

one third

mediant

minor third

best

major third

bottom

first

1st

inferior

medium

middle

second

2nd

sixth

6th

third of exchange

three times

top

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/θɜːd/

Etymologie (Englisch)

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

Sätze

Give them a little third degree .

Gib ihnen ein wenig dritter Grad.

The clock struck to mark the third period .

Die Uhr traf die dritte Periode.

If the second couple declined , the third couple was asked .

Wenn das zweite Paar abnahm, wurde das dritte Paar gefragt.

The third book , Scooped !

Das dritte Buch, Scooped!

Five times she came in third in the overall ranking .

Fünfmal wurde sie im Gesamtrangleber dritter.

By his third term Nein was serving as majority floor leader of the House .

In seiner dritten Amtszeit diente Nein als Mehrheitsmesser des Hauses.

Venezuelan finished third .

Venezolaner wurde Dritter.

This was the third match Mauresmo played during the tournament where her opponent retired .

Dies war das dritte Spiel, das Mauresmo während des Turniers spielte, bei dem ihr Gegner in den Ruhestand ging.