How do you pronounce thirty?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɝti/.

Where does thirty come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

thirty

/ˈθɝti/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: thir-ty
IPA: /ˈθɝti/

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Meaning

num

The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

noun

A rack of thirty beers.

Slang

noun

A commercial lasting 30 seconds.

Example Sentences

"To conclude, here in tabular form is a summary of our ratings of espressos produced from thirty pod, capsule and disc blends."
"[…] instead of thirties [thirty-second commercials], they buy sixties, which cost twice as much. They spend more on filming it than they need to; they buy a lot of ads that are garbage and don't really say anything, just to fill up the space."

Etymology

From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of thritty, from Old English þrītiġ, þrittiġ (“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz (“thirty”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three + -ty. Cognate with Scots therty, tretty (“thirty”), West Frisian tritich (“thirty”), Dutch dertig (“thirty”), German dreißig (“thirty”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: thirty, þrītiġ, *þrīz tigiwiz
Suffix: three

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈθɝti/
British English: /ˈθɜːti/

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

threety (alternative, nonstandard) thretty (alternative, nonstandard) thirtie (alternative, obsolete) 30 (alternative) XXX (alternative) thirties (plural)

Derived Forms

thirties thirtieth thirtyfold thirtyish thirtyodd thirtypenny thirtysomething TMZ

Phrases

dark thirty oh dark thirty 0-dark-thirty Glorious Thirty seven-thirty thirty-eight thirty-eighth thirty-eleven

Frequently Paired Words

trigesimal tricenary thirtyish tricenarian thirtysomething tricennial trigintennial triacontahedron

Synonyms

triacontad 30 xxx

Rhymes With

dirty poverty flirty qwerty purty hurty shirty alberty cherty skirty