how to pronounce thirty

/ˈθɜː.ti/

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thirty is pronounced in two syllables

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ɜː

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An example use of thirty in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… nine hundred and thirty years old and …”

meanings of thirty

numeral:

The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

noun:

A rack of thirty beers.

thirty frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word thirty occurs in english on average 92.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.