different between third vs thirde

English

Etymology

From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr?tyós.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: thûd, IPA^(key): /???d/
• (US) enPR: thûrd, IPA^(key): /??d/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /t???d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Adjective

third (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

Synonyms

• 3rd, 3d, IIIrd, III

Derived terms

• thirdness
• third-wave coffee
• third-wave feminism

Translations

Noun

third (countable and uncountable, plural thirds)

1. The person or thing in the third position.

2. One of three equal parts of a whole.

3. (uncountable) The third gear of a gearbox.

4. (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

5. (baseball) third base

6. (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
7. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
8. (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.

Synonyms

• (gear): third gear
• (fractions): ?

Translations

Verb

third (third-person singular simple present thirds, present participle thirding, simple past and past participle thirded)

1. (informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
2. To divide into three equal parts.

Translations

Related terms

See also

• interval

Anagrams

• drith, thrid

English

Adjective

thirde

1. Obsolete spelling of third

Anagrams

• dither, drieth, rideth