Third

Ordinal number

 * 1) The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
 * The third tree from the left is my favorite.

Abbreviations

 * 3rd, 3rd, 3d; (in names of monarchs and popes) III

Noun

 * 1) The person or thing in the third position.
 * Jones came in third.
 * 1) One of three equal parts of a whole.
 * He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
 * 1)  The third gear of an engine.
 * Now put it into third.
 * 1)  An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
 * They sing in thirds.
 * 1)  third base
 * The play ended with Jones standing on third.
 * 1)  One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.  Also formerly known as a tierce.

Synonyms

 * third gear
 * ⅓

Derived terms

 * thirdness

Verb

 * 1) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
 * 2) To divide into three equal parts.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
þridda:

Ordinal number

 * Albanian: tretë
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Arabic:, ثالثة
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: hirugarren
 * Bengali: তৃতীয়
 * Breton: trede, teirvet , trivet
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: tercer (abbreviation 3r)
 * Chinese: 第三
 * Crimean Tatar: üçünci
 * Croatian: treći
 * Czech: třetí (abbreviation 3.)
 * Danish: tredje (abbreviation 3.)
 * Dutch: derde (abbreviations 3de, 3e)
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: troisième (before the noun) (abbreviation 3ème); (in names of monarchs and popes) trois  (after the name) (abbreviation III)
 * German: dritte (abbreviation 3.)
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: तीसरा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: þriðji, þriðja (abbreviation 3.)
 * Ido:
 * 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)
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: سێیه‌م
 * Latgalian:, , ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: trešais, trešā
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Maltese: it-tilet
 * Manchu: (ilaci)
 * Manx: treeoo (abbreviation 3oo)
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: tredje (abbreviation 3.)
 * 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)
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Slovak: tretí
 * Spanish: tercero (abbreviation 3º), tercer  (as an adjective), tercera
 * Swedish: tredje (abbreviation 3:e)
 * Tatar: өченче
 * Telugu: మూడో (mooDO) (abbreviation 3వ)
 * Turkish: üçüncü (abbreviations 3'üncü, 3.)
 * Uyghur: ئۈچىنچى
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: kilid
 * Welsh: trydydd (abbreviation 3ydd)
 * West Frisian: tredde (abbreviation 3e)

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: hirugarren
 * Belarusian: трэці
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: derde
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Interlingua: tertio, tertia
 * Italian:


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: سێیه‌م
 * Latin:, tertia, tertia, tertium
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian: трет,
 * Maltese:
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Romanian: cel de al treilea, cea de a treia
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: üçüncü


 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Bulgarian: третина
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek: τρίτο
 * Icelandic: þriðjungur
 * Interlingua: tertio


 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maltese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: treime
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: மூன்றிலொரு (muunRiloru)


 * Bulgarian: терца
 * Catalan: tercera
 * Czech:
 * Danish: terts
 * Dutch: terts
 * Esperanto: trito, tercio
 * Estonian: terts
 * Finnish: terssi
 * French: tierce
 * German: Terz
 * Hungarian: terc
 * Icelandic: þríund


 * Italian: terza
 * Japanese: 三度
 * Lithuanian: tercija
 * Occitan: tèrça
 * Polish: tercja
 * Portuguese: terça
 * Russian: терция
 * Slovene: terca
 * Spanish: tercera
 * Swedish: ters
 * Ukrainian: терція

Verb

 * Czech: ,

Related terms

 * major third
 * minor third
 * third gear

Anagrams

 * thrid