Third

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Abbreviations 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Related terms 1.5 See also

English

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Pronunciation

• thû(r)d, /θɜː(r)d/, /T3:(r)d/

Adjective

third

1. Coming after the second; the ordinal form of the number three.

Abbreviations

3rd, 3^rd; (in names of monarchs and popes) III

Translations

• Breton: trede mf, teirvet f, trivet m
• Bulgarian: трети m
• Catalan: tercer (abbreviation 3r)
• Czech: třetí
• Dutch: derde (abbreviations 3de, 3e)
• Esperanto: tria
• Finnish: kolmas (abbreviation 3.)
• French: troisième mf (before the noun) (abbreviation 3^ème); (in names of monarchs and popes) trois mf (after the name) (abbreviation III)
• Frisian: tredde (abbreviation 3e)
• German: dritte (abbreviation 3.)
• Icelandic: þriðji m, þriðja f (abbreviation 3.)
• Indonesian: ketiga (abbreviation ke-3)
• Interlingua: tertie (abbreviation 3^e)
• Italian: terzo m, terza f (abbreviations 3º m, 3ª f); (in names of monarchs and popes) terzo m, terza f (after the name) (abbreviation III)
• Japanese: 三番目 (さんばんめ, sanban-me)
• Manchu: (ilaci )
• Polish: trzeci m, trzecia f, trzecie n (abbreviation 3. or 3-ci)
• Portuguese: terceiro m, terceira f, rarely: terço m, terça f (abbreviations 3º, 3ª)
• Spanish: tercero m, tercer m (as an adjective), tercera f, terceiro m, terceira f (abbreviation 3º)
• Russian: третий (abbreviation 3-ий)
• Slovak: tretí
• Spanish: tercero (abbreviation 3º)
• Swedish: tredje (abbreviation 3:e)
• Turkish: üçüncü (abbreviation 3.)
• Vietnamese: thứ ba

Noun

third (plural: thirds )

1. (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the third position.
2. One of three equal parts of a whole.
3. (not used in the plural) The third gear of an engine.
4. (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

Synonyms

• (gear): third gear

Translations

person or thing in the third position

Czech: třetí osoba f Finnish: kolmas (1) French: troisième m and f Interlingua: tertio m, tertia f Italian: terzo m and f

Portuguese: terceiro m, terceira f Swedish: tredje

one of three equal parts of a whole

Bulgarian: третина f Czech: třetina f Finnish: kolmannes , kolmasosa French: tiers m Interlingua: tertio Italian: terzo m

Portuguese: terço m Swedish: tredjedel

third gear See third gear

interval

Czech: tercie f

Related terms

• major third
• minor third
• third gear

See also

• interval