thirteen

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (in most cases) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌθɜːˈtiːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌθɝtˈtin/, /ˌθɝtin-/ (next word stressed near the first syllable) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɜː.tiːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθɝt.tin/, /ˈθɝ.tin/ Rhymes: -iːn === Numeral === thirteen The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three. Alternative forms: 13 (Arabic numerals), XIII (Roman numerals), D (hexadecimal) Synonyms: baker's dozen, long dozen, throtteen (dialectal) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Previous: twelve. Next: fourteen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Ordinal: thirteenth triskaidekaphobia ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === tetherin == Middle English == === Numeral === thirteen (Late Middle English, Gloucestershire or Somerset) alternative form of thrittene == Scots == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle Scots thretten, from Middle English thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, þrēotēne, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun. === Numeral === thirteen thirteen === References === “thirteen, num. adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 12 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.