Pronunciation: 'thur-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural thirties
Etymology: Middle English thritty, from thritty, adjective, from Old English thrItig, from thrItig group of 30, from thrIe three + -tig group of ten; akin to Old English tIen ten
1 -- see NUMBER table
2 plural : the numbers 30 to 39; specifically : the years 30 to 39 in a lifetime or century
3 : a sign of completion : END -- usually written 30
4 : the second point scored by a side in a game of tennis
- thir·ti·eth /-tE-&th/ adjective or noun
- thirty adjective
- thirty pronoun, plural in construction
- thir·ty·ish /-ish/ adjective
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