thirtiest

thir·ty

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [thur-tee]
- /ˈθɜr ti/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [thur-tee]
- /ˈθɜr ti/

Definitions of thirtiest word

noun plural thirtiest a cardinal number, 10 times 3. 1
noun plural thirtiest a symbol for this number, as 30 or XXX. 1
noun plural thirtiest a set of this many persons or things. 1
noun plural thirtiest Printing, Journalism. 30-dash. 1
noun plural thirtiest thirties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 30 through 39, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature: He works in the East Thirties. She must be in her thirties. The temperature was in the thirties yesterday. 1
adjective thirtiest amounting to 30 in number. 1

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Origin of thirtiest

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English thritty, Old English thrītig, equivalent to thrī three + -tig -ty1; cognate with Dutch dertig, German dreissig, Old Norse thrjātīu

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Parts of speech for Thirtiest

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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thirtiest popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".