thirty-three

American  

[thur-tee-three] / ˈθɜr tiˈθri /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 30 plus 3.

2. a symbol for this number, as 33 or XXXIII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 33 in number.

thirty-three British  

noun

1. a former name for LP 1

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Etymology

Origin of thirty-three

C20: so called because it is played at thirty-three and a third revolutions per minute

Example Sentences

They found, too, that only thirty three per cent of children born to immigrant parents are born to single mothers, compared to forty-two per cent of children born to Americans.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 21, 2019

Overall there have been thirty three marathons and a massive £450 million made, making it the biggest yearly fund raising event worldwide.

From Children's BBC • Apr. 12, 2014

“I dont know. We going to have thirty three candles on a cake, anyway. Little cake. Wont hardly hold them. Hush up. Come on back here.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

"Think yuh earned your little old dollar and thirty three cents, Bud?"

From The Lure of the Dim Trails by Bower, B. M.

The man was thirty three or four, fair, with a longish nose overhanging his sandy flaxen moustache, pale blue eyes, and a head that struck out above and behind.

From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)