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English numbers(edit)
 ←  121314  → 
   Cardinal:thirteen
   Ordinal:thirteenth
   Abbreviated ordinal:13th
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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishthirttene, variant (through metathesis) ofthrittene, fromOld Englishþrēotīene, fromProto-Germanic*þritehun, compound of*þrīz(“three”) +*tehun(“teen”). Cognate withWest Frisiantrettjin,Dutchdertien,Germandreizehn,Danishtretten. Equivalent tothree +‎-teen.

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thirteen

  2. The cardinal number occurring aftertwelve and beforefourteen:ten andthree.
    Alternative forms:13(Arabic numerals),XIII(Roman numerals),D(hexadecimal)
    Synonyms:baker's dozen,long dozen,throtteen(dialectal)
    There arethirteen cards of each of the four suits in a deck of playing cards.
    His brother's age isthirteen.
    • 1661,John Fell,The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond‎[1]:
      During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spentthirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
    • 1890 February 28, W. S. Wetmore, “RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE IN CHINA IN THE FIFTIES.”, inNorth-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette‎[2], volume XLIV, number1178,Shanghai,→OCLC,page256, column 1:
      In the spring of 1857, I, with several friends, left Hongkong for Shanghai,viâ Foochow, in the small coasting steamerAntelope. No noteworthy incident occurred until after leaving Foochow when, as we were enjoying our after dinner coffee and cigars, and by chance discussing the question ofthirteen sitting down at table that had occurred at a dinner at which one of the party had shortly before been present, a violent thump and tremulous motion of the vessel announced the unpleasant fact that we had struck upon something. We rushed on deck and found the steamer hard and fast on a reef near Matsu Island. Fortunately the day was fine and there was no sea on.
    • 2014,“Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014‎[3],Fort Bragg, North Carolina:The United States Army Special Operations Command, page42:
      In the summer of 2014, at leastthirteen BTGs and elements of five SPETSNAZ units were poised on the Ukrainian border.36

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Translations

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the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen

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Scots

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Scots numbers(edit)
 ←  1213
   Cardinal:thirteen
   Ordinal:thirteent

Etymology

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Inherited fromMiddle Scotsthretten, fromMiddle Englishthrittene, fromOld Englishþrēotīene,þrēotēne, fromProto-Germanic*þritehun.

Numeral

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thirteen

  1. thirteen

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