thirteenth
pronunciation
How to pronounce thirteenth in British English:
UK [ˌθɜ:'ti:nθ]
How to pronounce thirteenth in American English:
US [θəˈtinθ]
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- Noun:
- position 13 in a countable series of things
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- Adjective:
- coming next after the twelfth in position
Word Origin
- thirteenth (adj.)
- 15c. metathesis of þriteenþe (mid-14c.; see thirteen + -th (1)), which replaced forms from Old English þreoteoða (West Saxon), þriteogeða (Anglian). Similar formation in Old Norse þrettande, Danish trettende, Swedish trettonde, Old Frisian threttinde, Dutch dertiende, Old High German dritto-zehanto, German dreizehnte.
Example
- 1. Thirteenth , enhance a strong self-awareness by disdaining colleges that reject you .
- 2. These evolved in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries into the miracle and mystery plays that combined singing and spoken dialogue .
- 3. I returned on the thirteenth day of discussions , and we worked all night again , mostly on security issues .
- 4. This eventually led in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to the polyphonic motets in which different parts might also have differing rhythms .
- 5. His wife , moira , was a patrol officer assigned to the thirteenth precinct on twenty-first street , around the corner from the academy , and she responded to the world trade center .