Dictionary Definition
third adj
2 being one of three equal parts; "a third share
of the money" [syn: third(a)]
Noun
1 one of three equal parts of a divisible whole;
"it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily
requirement" [syn: one-third,
tierce]
2 the fielding position of the player on a
baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third"
[syn: third
base]
3 following the second position in an ordering or
series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question
willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with
resentment"
4 the musical interval between one note and
another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in
major thirds"
5 the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in
the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in
third gear" [syn: third
gear]
6 the base that must be touched third by a base
runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third"
[syn: third base]
adv : in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment"
[syn: thirdly]
User Contributed Dictionary
Etymology
þriddaPronunciation
- thû(r)d, /θɜː(r)d/, /T3:(r)d/
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)d
Adjective
third- The ordinal
form of the cardinal
number three; Coming
after the second.
- The third tree from the left is my favorite.
Abbreviations
- 3rd, 3rd; (in names of monarchs and popes) III
Translations
the ordinal form of the cardinal number three
- Breton: trede m|f, teirvet , trivet
- Bulgarian: трети
- Catalan: tercer (abbreviation 3r)
- Crimean Tatar: üçünci
- Czech: třetí (abbreviation 3.)
- Danish: tredje (abbreviation 3.)
- Dutch: derde (abbreviations 3de, 3e)
- Esperanto: tria
- Finnish: kolmas
- French: troisième m|f (before the noun) (abbreviation 3ème); (in names of monarchs and popes) trois m|f (after the name) (abbreviation III)
- German: dritte (abbreviation 3.)
- Icelandic: þriðji , þriðja f|n (abbreviation 3.)
- Indonesian: ketiga (abbreviation ke-3)
- Interlingua: tertie (abbreviation 3e)
- Irish: tríú (abbreviation 3ú)
- Italian: terzo , terza (abbreviations 3º , 3ª ); (in names of monarchs and popes) terzo , terza (after the name) (abbreviation III)
- Japanese: 三番目 (さんばんめ, sanban-me)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: سێیهم
- Latin: tertius
- Lithuanian: trečias, trečia
- Maltese: it-tilet
- Manchu: (ilaci)
- Manx: treeoo (abbreviation 3oo)
- Polish: trzeci , trzecia , trzecie (abbreviation 3.)
- Portuguese: terceiro , terceira , rarely: terço , terça (abbreviations 3º, 3ª)
- Romanian: al treilea , a treia
- Russian: третий (abbreviation 3-ий)
- Slovak: tretí
- Spanish: tercero , tercer (as an adjective), tercera , terceiro , terceira (abbreviation 3º)
- Swedish: tredje (abbreviation 3:e)
- Tatar: өченче
- Turkish: üçüncü (abbreviation 3.)
- Vietnamese: thứ ba
- Welsh: trydydd (abbreviation 3ydd)
- West Frisian: tredde (abbreviation 3e)
Noun
third (plural: thirds)- (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the third
position.
- Jones came in third.
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
- He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
- (not used in the plural) The third gear of an engine.
- Now put it into third.
- An interval
consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- They sing in thirds.
- third
base
- The play ended with Jones standing on third.
Synonyms
- i-c gear third gear
Translations
person or thing in the third position
- Czech: třetí osoba
- Finnish: kolmas (1)
- French: troisième
- Icelandic: þriðji, þriðja
- Interlingua: tertio , tertia
- Italian: terzo
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: سێیهم
- Lithuanian: trečias, trečia
- Maltese: terza
- Portuguese: terceiro , terceira
- Romanian: cel al treilea , cea a treia
- Swedish: tredje
one of three equal parts of a whole
- Bulgarian: третина
- Czech: třetina
- Finnish: kolmannes, kolmasosa
- French: tiers
- Icelandic: þriðjungur
- Interlingua: tertio
- Italian: terzo
- Lithuanian: trečdalis
- Maltese: terz
- Portuguese: terço
- Swedish: tredjedel
third gear
See third
gear
interval
- Czech: tercie
Related terms
See also
Extensive Definition
Third is the ordinal number corresponding to
3
(number) and also the fraction
\frac (or ⅓). It may also refer to:
- Third-class degree, in the British higher education system
In music theory:
- Major third or Minor third
- Mediant, the third degree of the diatonic scale
In musical works:
- Third/Sister Lovers, by Big Star
- Third, by Soft Machine
- Third, by Portishead
In dramatic works:
- Third (play), by Wendy Wasserstein
In literature:
- A third child permitted only by a special sanction of the government in Ender's Game, and are referred to as "Thirds"
See also
third in Czech: Tercie
third in Polish: Tercja
third in Swedish: Ters
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
consecutive intervals, degree, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic
interval, diatonic semitone, divide in thirds, enharmonic diesis,
enharmonic interval, fifth, fourth, half step, halftone, interval, irregular, less semitone,
melodic interval, note,
octave, parallel octaves,
schlock, schmatte, second, semitone, seventh, sixth, step, tertiary, tierce, tone, trichotomize, trifurcate, unison interval,
whole step