thirty
/ˈθɜːti//ˈθɝti/
thirty numeral: the cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
Numeral
thirty
- 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 2025
- Synonyms:
- triacontad
Noun
thirty (plural thirties)
- A rack of thirty beers.
- A 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
thirty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
thirty in Hindi
- cardinal number
- तीस tīs, त्रिंशत् triñśat
thirty in Tamil
- முப்பது
thirty in Marathi
- cardinal number
- तीस tīs
thirty in Urdu
- cardinal number
- تیس tīs
More languagesFewer languages
- thirty in Bengali
- ত্রিশ triś, তিরিশ tiriś
- thirty in Telugu
- ముప్ఫై mupphai
- thirty in Malayalam
- മുപ്പത് muppatŭ
- thirty in Kannada
- ಮೂವತ್ತು mūvattu
- thirty in Punjabi
- ਤੀਹ tīh
- thirty in Gujarati
- ત્રીસ trīs
- thirty in Odia
- ତିରିଶ tiriśa
- thirty in Sanskrit
- त्रिंशत् triṃśat
- thirty in Sinhala
- තිහ tiha
- thirty in Assamese
- ত্রিছ
- thirty in Nepali
- तीस tīs
- thirty in Pashto
- دېرش derš
- thirty in Tagalog
- tatlumpu
- thirty in Arabic
- ثَلَاثِينَ ṯalāṯīna, ثَلَاثُونَ ṯalāṯūna, ٣٠
- thirty in Malay
- tiga puluh
- thirty in Indonesian
- tiga puluh
- thirty in Persian
- سی si
- thirty in Thai
- สามสิบ sǎam-sìp
- thirty in Vietnamese
- ba mươi
- thirty in Myanmar
- သုံးဆယ် sum:hcai, ၃၀
- Dhivehi
- ތިރީސް tirīs
- Dzongkha
- སུམ་ཅུ
Examples of thirty in a sentence
- The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
- She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable.
- You've got thirty seconds to solve the anagram, starting now. Go!
Synonyms of thirty
Forms of thirty
| Numeral | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | 30 |
| alternative form | XXX |
| alternative form (nonstandard, obsolete) | threety |
| alternative form (nonstandard, obsolete) | thretty |
| alternative form (obsolete) | thirtie |
| Noun | |
| plural | thirties |
Origin of thirty
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”).
Words formed from thirty
- dark thirty
- oh dark thirty
- 0-dark-thirty
- Glorious Thirty
- seven-thirty
- thirties
- thirtieth
- thirty-eight
- thirty-eighth
- thirty-eleven
- thirty-fifth
- thirty-first
- thirty-five
- thirtyfold
- thirty-four
- thirty-fourth
- thirtyish
- thirty-nine
- thirty-ninth
- thirtyodd
- thirty-one
- thirtypenny
- thirty pieces of silver
- thirty-second
- thirty-seven
- thirty-seventh
- thirty-six
- thirty-sixth
- thirtysomething
- thirty-something
- thirty-third
- thirty-thirty
- thirty-thousand-foot view
- 30,000-foot view
- thirty-three
- thirty-two
- thirty-twomo
- thirty-year-old
- Thirty Years' War
- TMZ
Phrases with thirty
Words that rhyme with thirty
Questions about thirty
- What does thirty mean?
- Thirty means the cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
- What is thirty in Hindi?
- Thirty in Hindi is तीस (tīs), त्रिंशत् (triñśat). See Thirty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thirty?
- Thirty can be a numeral or a noun.
- How do you pronounce thirty?
- Thirty is pronounced /ˈθɜːti/ (UK).
Words near thirty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thirty (page history and authors); thirty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ତିରିଶ (Odia) (page history and authors); तीस (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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