English Pronunciation thû(r)d, /θɜː(r)d/, /T3:(r)d/ Adjective third Coming after the second; the ordinal form of the number three. Abbreviations 3rd, 3rd; (in names of monarchs and popes) III Translations Breton: trede mf, teirvet f, trivet m Bulgarian: трети m Catalan: tercer (''abbreviation'\' 3r) Czech: třetí Dutch: derde (abbreviations 3de, 3e) Esperanto: tria Finnish: kolmas (abbreviation 3.) French: troisième mf (before the noun) (abbreviation 3ème); (in names of monarchs and popes) trois mf (after the name) (abbreviation III) Frisian: tredde (abbreviation 3e) German: dritte (abbreviation 3.) Icelandic: þriðji m, þriðja f (abbreviation 3.) Indonesian: ketiga (abbreviation ke-3) Interlingua: tertie (abbreviation 3e) Italian: terzo m, terza f (abbreviations 3º m, 3ª f); (in names of monarchs and popes) terzo m, terza f (after the name) (abbreviation III) Japanese: 三番目 (さんばんめ, sanban-me) Manchu: (ilaci) Polish: trzeci m, trzecia f, trzecie n (abbreviation 3. or 3-ci) Portuguese: terceiro m, terceira f, rarely: terço m, terça f (abbreviations 3º, 3ª) Spanish: tercero m, tercer m (as an adjective), tercera f, terceiro m, terceira f (abbreviation 3º) Russian: третий (abbreviation 3-ий) Slovak: tretí Spanish: tercero (abbreviation 3º) Turkish: üçüncü (abbreviation 3.) Vietnamese: thứ ba Noun third (plural: thirds) The person or thing in the third position! One of three equal parts of a whole. The third gear of an engine. (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale. See w:interval, w:major_third, and w:minor_third. Translations Bulgarian: третина f (2) Czech: třetí osoba f (1), třetina f (2), tercie f (4) French: troisième mf (1), tiers m (2) Interlingua: tertio m, tertia f (1); tertio (2); tertie velocitate (3) Italian: terzo mf (1), terzo m (2) Portuguese: terceiro m, terceira f (1); terço m (2); terceira (marcha) f (3)