Thirty Meaning
/ˈθɜːti/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
numThe cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
nounA rack of thirty beers.
Sentence Examples
You will be delayed for only thirty minutes at worst.
You look the way your father did thirty years ago.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher said there are exactly ____ students in the class, which is three times ten.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There are exactly ____ days in the month of September, which makes it a slightly shorter month than August today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thriti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þrītiġ (“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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"To conclude, here in tabular form is a summary of our ratings of espressos produced from thirty pod, capsule and disc blends."
— 2009 January 19, Kenneth Davids, “Convenience First: Espresso Pods and Capsules”, in Coffee Review, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2025:
"[…] 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."
— 2014, Jules Witcover, No Way to Pick a President:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher said there are exactly ____ students in the class, which is three times ten.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There are exactly ____ days in the month of September, which makes it a slightly shorter month than August today.