different between thirteen vs triskaidecagon

English

Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 13
• Roman numerals: XIII

Etymology

From Middle English thirttene, variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old English þr?ot?ene, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun, compound of *þr?z (“three”) + *tehun (“teen”). Cognate with West Frisian trettjin, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn, Danish tretten.

Pronunciation

• (in most cases)

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????ti?n/

  (General American) IPA^(key): /????t?tin/, /?????tin/

• (next word stressed near the first syllable)

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????.ti?n/

  (General American) IPA^(key): /????t.tin/, /????.tin/

• Rhymes: -i?n

Numeral

thirteen

1. The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIII and in Arabic numerals as 13.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

Synonyms

• baker’s dozen
• long dozen
• throtteen (dialect)

Coordinate terms

• Previous: twelve. Next: fourteen

Derived terms

• thirteener

Related terms

• Ordinal: thirteenth

Translations

Anagrams

• tetherin

English

Etymology

From triskaideca- +? -gon.

Noun

triskaidecagon (plural triskaidecagons)

1. a polygon having thirteen sides and thirteen angles

Synonyms

• tridecagon

Translations