third

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /θɜːd/ (US) enPR: thûrd, IPA(key): /θɚd/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /θɪɹd/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /θøːd/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /θeːd/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /θɛːd/ (Ireland) IPA(key): /tʊːɹd/ (New York City) IPA(key): /t̪ɔɪd/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d Homophone: turd (th-stopping) === Adjective === third (not comparable) The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second. ==== Synonyms ==== 3rd, 3d, IIIrd, III, tertiary ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === third (countable and uncountable, plural thirds) The person or thing in the third position. One of three equal parts of a whole. Synonyms: one-third, ⅓, 1/3 (uncountable) Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox). (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale. (baseball) third base (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Synonym: tierce ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== riding ==== Translations ==== === Verb === third (third-person singular simple present thirds, present participle thirding, simple past and past participle thirded) (informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded. To divide into three equal parts. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === interval === Anagrams === drith, thrid == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós. === Adjective === third third === References === “thrid, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. “third, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.