thirteen

Meaning

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.

Synonyms

13

XIII

ashes

bale

bar

bash

blonde

ding

boo

boom

💥

broccoli

🥦

bud

burrito

🌯

charge

hemp

hay

ditch

fir

flower

🌸

funk

gage

gangster

gash

gauge

Ghana

🇬🇭

grass

grata

greeter

greta

has

dew

block

herb

🌿

homegrown

hooch

kali

kilter

kind

limbo

loaf

lobo

loco

locoweed

long dozen

Lucas

machinery

macon

Mary

mother

👩‍🍼

baby

👶

Translations

treize

13

trece

13

dreizehn

13

tredici

13

dertien

13

tredecim

13

tretze

13

treze

13

δεκατρία

δεκατρείς

tretze

on üç

13

sêzde

13

ثلاثة عشر

13

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌθɜːˈtiːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thirttene

Inherited from Old English: þrēotīene

Cognate with Western Frisian: trettjin

Cognate with Dutch: dertien

Cognate with German: dreizehn

Cognate with Danish: tretten

In summary

From Middle English thirttene, variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun, compound of *þrīz (“three”) + *tehun (“teen”). Cognate with West Frisian trettjin, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn, Danish tretten. Equivalent to three + -teen.

Sentences

The forest burned for thirteen days .

She appeared in a total of thirteen episodes of " Voyager ".

The bizarre presentation involving thirteen ducks , an iguana and a platypus changed the mood somewhat .