thirteenth

[thur-teenth]

adjective

next after the twelfth; being the ordinal number for 13.
being one of 13 equal parts.

noun

a thirteenth part, especially of one (1/13).
the thirteenth member of a series.

Origin of thirteenth

before 900; thirteen + -th²; replacing Middle English thrittenthe (see three, tenth), Old English thryttēotha (see tithe)

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Examples from the Web for thirteenth

Contemporary Examples of thirteenth

Buffalo ranked tenth in the nation, while Detroit and Pittsburgh ranked twelth and thirteenth, respectively.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead
Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen
December 7, 2014
In The Thirteenth Turn, Shuler does some good, important work.
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Kevin Canfield
August 27, 2014
Venezuela ranks first in South America and thirteenth globally as an arms buyer, but that hardly translates into security.
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Marcel Ventura
April 14, 2014
Meanwhile, South Korea is both the thirty-seventh freest country in the world and the thirteenth richest.
Is North Korea the Only Alternative?
Noah Kristula-Green
May 23, 2012
I tried to sneak him into Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, clearly one of my great triumphs.
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Michael Bacall, Danny Strong
March 9, 2012

Historical Examples of thirteenth

Norman towers were sometimes capped with spires in the thirteenth century.
English Villages
P. H. Ditchfield
Stricken low in her thirteenth year, she had grown no older in mind.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete
Emile Zola
Lastly, the thirteenth is that of Walnuts, and it is added to compleat the year.
The History of Louisiana
Le Page Du Pratz
This was the progress the piano of today had made in the thirteenth century.
How the Piano Came to Be
Ellye Howell Glover
It was Sunday, November the thirteenth, and five o'clock in the afternoon.
A Nest of Spies
Pierre Souvestre

British Dictionary definitions for thirteenth

thirteenth

adjective

(usually prenominal)
1. coming after the twelfth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of thirteen: often written 13th
2. (as noun)Friday the thirteenth

noun

1. one of 13 equal or nearly equal parts of something
2. (as modifier)a thirteenth part
the fraction equal to one divided by 13 (1/13)
music
1. an interval of one octave plus a sixthSee also interval (def. 5)
2. short for thirteenth chord

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Word Origin and History for thirteenth

adj.

early 14c., þriteenþe, from thirteen + -th (1), replacing forms from Old English þteoteoða. Cf. Old Norse þrettande, Danish trettende, Swedish trettonde, Old Frisian threttinde, Dutch dertiende, Old High German dritto-zehanto, German dreizehnte.