# thirteen

Pronunciation: say "thur-TEEN" US /ˌθɝtˈtin/, UK /ˌθɜːˈtiːn/

## Numeral

1. The cardinal number that comes after twelve and before fourteen, equal to the sum of ten and three.
   - Simple: The number that comes after twelve and before fourteen. It equals ten plus three.
   - _The baker slipped an extra roll into the bag, making thirteen in all._
   - _The American flag has thirteen stripes, one for each of the original colonies._

## Origin

From Middle English thirttene, a variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun, a compound of *þrīz ("three") and *tehun ("teen"). It is equivalent to three + -teen and is related to Dutch dertien and German dreizehn.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/thirteen (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).