Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

friday the thirteenth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: fri-day the thir-teenth
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular date combination that occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday, and which is considered unlucky in some cultures.

Etymology

Believed to have been derived from the mass arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307.

Inflected Forms

Fridays the thirteenth (plural) Friday the 13th (alternative)

Synonyms

Black Friday

Questions

What does friday the thirteenth mean?: A particular date combination that occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday, and which is considered unlucky in some cultures.
Where does friday the thirteenth come from?: Believed to have been derived from the mass arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307.

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