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10 Language-to-English DictionariesThreescore
/ˈθriːˌskɔːr/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A term used to denote the number sixty, especially in historical contexts.
"The old man claimed to have lived for threescore years and ten." - 2
An archaic or poetic way of expressing a quantity of sixty.
"In the poem, the hero was said to have fought for threescore days without rest."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'threescore' originates from the Old English 'þrīscora', which combines 'þrīe' (three) and 'scora' (score, meaning twenty). It was commonly used in historical texts to denote the number sixty, reflecting a counting system based on scores (twenties) that was prevalent in early English and other Germanic languages.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Threescore" is said worldwide
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soixante
Transliteration: swazɑ̃t
"Il a vécu soixante ans."
sechzig
Transliteration: zɛçtsɪç
"Er lebte sechzig Jahre."
sessanta
Transliteration: sesˈsanta
"Ha vissuto sessanta anni."
sesenta
Transliteration: seˈsenta
"Vivió sesenta años."
sessenta
Transliteration: seˈsẽtɐ
"Ele viveu sessenta anos."
साठ
Transliteration: sāṭh
"वह साठ साल जीया।"
六十
Transliteration: liùshí
"他活了六十年。"
육십
Transliteration: yuksip
"그는 육십 년을 살았다."
六十
Transliteration: ろくじゅう
"彼は六十年生きました。"
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