English Dictionary: thirty | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Thirty \Thir"ty\, a. [OE. thritty, AS. [ed]r[c6]tig, [ed]rittig; akin to D. dertig, G. dreissig, Icel. [ed]rj[be]t[c6]u, [ed]rj[be]tigi, [ed]rir teger, Goth. [ed]reis tigjus, i.e., three tens. See {Three}, and Ten, and cf. {Thirteen}.] Being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty days. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Thirty \Thir"ty\, n.; pl. {Thirties}. 1. The sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects. 2. A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX. |