thirteen
A group of thirteen itemsA group of thirteen items.
» Tom was thirteen when he died.
Tom war dreizehn, als er starb.
Тому было тринадцать, когда он умер.
Тому було тринадцять, коли він помер.
Тому було тринадцять, коли він загинув.
Meaning
1 sensesA group of thirteen items.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
Examples
721 sentencesTom was thirteen when he died.
Тому було тринадцять, коли він помер.
ruТому было тринадцать, когда он умер.
deTom war dreizehn, als er starb.
Tom is turning thirteen, isn't he?
Отже, Тому виповнюється тринадцять?
deTom wird 13, nicht wahr?
Tom is just thirteen years old.
Тому лише тринадцять.
I've been working since I was thirteen.
Я працюю з тридцяти років.
ruЯ работаю с тринадцати лет.
deIch arbeite, seit ich dreizehn war.
I've been boxing since I was thirteen.
Я боксую з тринадцяти років.
Origin
From Middle English thirttene, variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old EnglishFrom Middle English thirttene, variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun, compound of *þrīz (“three”) + *tehun (“teen”). Cognate with West Frisian trettjin, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn, Danish tretten. Equivalent to three + -teen.
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Forms
plural: thirteensSynonyms
4 synonyms- the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one:13XIIIbaker's dozenlong dozen
Word family
2 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- thirteen years old
- thirteen years
- was thirteen years
- was only thirteen
- only thirteen years
- a thirteen year
- thirteen next month
- be thirteen next
- was thirteen when
- about thirteen years
- probably about thirteen
- age of thirteen