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Thirteen

//ˌθɜːˈtiːn// num

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Adjective
  1. 1
    being one more than twelve wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one wordnet
Numeral
  1. 1
    The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.

    "There are thirteen cards of each of the four suits in a deck of playing cards."

Etymology

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.

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