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thir·ty

 (thûr′tē)
n. pl. thir·ties
1. The cardinal number equal to 3 × 10.
2. thirties
a. A decade or the numbers from 30 to 39: They settled down in their thirties. The temperature fell into the thirties.
b. often Thirties The decade from 30 to 39 in a century.
3. An indication of the end of a news story, usually written 30.
4. Sports The second point that is scored by one side in tennis.

[Middle English thritty, thirty, from Old English thrītig; see trei- in Indo-European roots.]

thir′ty adj. & pron.
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thirty

(ˈθɜːtɪ)
n, pl -ties
1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three. See also number1
2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 30, XXX, etc, representing this number
3. (plural) the numbers 30–39, esp the 30th to the 39th year of a person's life or of a century
4. (Mathematics) the amount or quantity that is three times as big as ten
5. something representing, represented by, or consisting of 30 units
determiner
a. amounting to thirty: thirty trees.
b. (as pronoun): thirty are broken.
[Old English thrītig; see three, -ty1]
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thir•ty

(ˈθɜr ti)

n., pl. -ties,
adj. n.
1. a cardinal number, 10 times 3.
2. a symbol for this number, as 30 or XXX.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. thirties, the numbers from 30 through 39, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature.
adj.
5. amounting to 30 in number.
[before 900; Middle English thritty, Old English thrītig=thrī three + -tig -ty1]
thir′ti•eth, adj., n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.thirty - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and threethirty - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
Adj.1.thirty - being ten more than twentythirty - being ten more than twenty    
cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"
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Translations
الثلاثونالرَّقم 30ثلاثونثَلَاثُونعُمْر ال 30
trenta
třicettřicet lettřicetiletý
tredive
tridek
kolmkümmend
kolmekymmentä
trideset
harminc
òrjátíuòrjátíu ára
三十
30
triginta
ketvirta dešimtisketvirtasis dešimtmetistemperatūra tarp 30 ir 40 laipsniųtrisdešimttrisdešimtas
trīsdesmittrīsdesmit gadu vecumstrīsdesmit gadus vecs
treizeci
tridsaťtridsať rokov
tridesettrideseta leta
trettio
สามสิบ
otuzotuz yaşıotuz yaşında
ba mươi

thirty

[ˈθɜːtɪ]
A. ADJtreinta
B. Ntreinta m
the thirties (1930s) → los años treinta
to be in one's thirtiestener treinta y tantos años
see fifty for usage
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thirty

[ˈθɜːrti] numtrente
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thirty

adjdreißig; thirty-one/-twoein-/zweiundreißig; a thirty-second note (US Mus) → ein Zweiunddreißigstel nt
nDreißig f; the thirties (= era)die dreißiger Jahre or Dreißigerjahre; one’s thirties (= age)die Dreißiger ? also sixty
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thirty

[ˈθɜːtɪ] adj & ntrenta (m) inv
for usage see fifty
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

thirty

(ˈθəːti) noun
1. the number or figure 30.
2. the age of 30.
adjective
1. 30 in number.
2. aged 30.
ˈthirties noun plural
1. the period of time between one's thirtieth and fortieth birthdays.
2. the range of temperatures between thirty and forty degrees.
3. the period of time between the thirtieth and fortieth years of a century.
ˈthirtieth noun
1. one of thirty equal parts.
2. (also adjective) the last of thirty (people, things etc); the next after the twenty-ninth.
thirty-
having thirty (of something). a thirty-pound fine.
ˈthirty-year-old noun
a person or animal that is thirty years old.
adjective
(of a person, animal or thing) that is thirty years old.
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thirty

ثَلَاثُون třicet tredive dreißig τριάντα treinta kolmekymmentä trente trideset trenta 三十 30 dertig tretti trzydzieści trinta тридцать trettio สามสิบ otuz ba mươi 三十
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References in classic literature ?
The thickness of the wall of the tube varies from a thirtieth to a twentieth of an inch, and occasionally even equals a tenth.
When the knell of my thirtieth birthday sounded, I suddenly realised, with a desolate feeling at the heart, that I was alone in the world.
"The date was the thirtieth of September, nearly four years since."
I will begin from the time when I was seventeen years old and first entered the service--though I shall soon have completed my thirtieth year of official activity.
On the thirtieth he attacked Mortier's division, which was on the left bank, and broke it up.