thirteener

== English == === Etymology === From thirteen +‎ -er (suffix denoting people characterized by something, or people or things to which certain measurements or numbers apply). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɜːˈtiːnə/ (General American) IPA(key): /θɜɹˈtinəɹ/ Rhymes: -iːnə(ɹ) Hyphenation: thir‧teen‧er === Noun === thirteener (plural thirteeners) A child who is thirteen years old. (dated) A member of the 13th Gen; a Generation Xer or Gen-Xer. (card games, especially bridge) The last playing card of a suit left after the other twelve have been played. (cricket) A hit for thirteen runs. (numismatics, dated) A coin worth thirteenpence, especially an Irish shilling (as contrasted with a British shilling which was worth twelvepence). (poetry) A thirteen-syllable line or series of lines in a poem. (US, climbing) A mountain rising to more than 13,000 feet (about 4,000 metres) but less than 14,000 feet above mean sea level. Coordinate terms: fourteener, thousander, twelver ==== Alternative forms ==== (member of the 13th Gen): Thirteener (mountain): 13er ==== Related terms ==== grade thirteener ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== oner · twoer · fiver · sixer · Sevener · niner · tenner · elevener · twelver · fourteener · fifteener · sixteener · hundreder · thousander · twenty-five-thousander === References === === Further reading === thirteener on Wikipedia.Wikipedia