Thirty

//ˈθɜːti// noun, num, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    being ten more than twenty wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A rack of thirty beers. slang
  2. 2
    the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three wordnet
  3. 3
    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."

Numeral
  1. 1
    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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thriti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þrītiġ (“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”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thriti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þrītiġ (“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”).

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