"third wheel" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-third wheel.ogg Forms: third wheels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} third wheel (plural third wheels)
  1. (idiomatic) An individual or object that serves no useful purpose. Tags: idiomatic Translations (person or thing that serves no useful purpose): 電燈泡 (Chinese Mandarin), 电灯泡 (diàndēngpào) (Chinese Mandarin), vijfde wiel aan de wagen [neuter] (Dutch), vijfde rad aan de wagen [neuter] (Dutch), painolasti (Finnish), fünftes Rad am Wagen [neuter] (German), harmadik kerék (Hungarian), ultima ruota del carro [feminine] (Italian), piąte koło u wozu [neuter] (Polish), a cincea roată la căruță [feminine] (Romanian), третий лишний (tretij lišnij) (Russian), тринаесто прасе [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), trinaesto prase [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-third_wheel-en-noun-FMurkeQ5 Disambiguation of 'person or thing that serves no useful purpose': 94 5 1
  2. (idiomatic) An unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People Translations (unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date): 電燈膽 (Chinese Cantonese), 电灯胆 (english: din⁶ dang¹ daam²) (Chinese Cantonese), 電燈泡 (Chinese Mandarin), 电灯泡 (diàndēngpào) (Chinese Mandarin), kolmas pyörä (Finnish), tenir la chandelle (French), cinquième roue du carrosse [feminine] (French), גלגל שלישי (galgál shlishí) [masculine] (Hebrew), gyertyatartó (Hungarian), harmadik kerék (Hungarian), obat nyamuk (Indonesian), éan corr [masculine] (Irish), terzo incomodo (Italian), przyzwoitka [feminine] (Polish), piąte koło u wozu [neuter] (Polish), vela [feminine] (Portuguese), тре́тий ли́шний (trétij líšnij) [masculine] (Russian), sujetavelas [Spain, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), mal tercio [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), sapo [Cuba, masculine] (Spanish), violinista [Latin-America, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), chaperón (Spanish), paleta (Spanish), lamparita [Venezuela, feminine] (Spanish), tredje hjul [neuter] (Swedish), trà xanh (Vietnamese), tiểu tam (Vietnamese), người thứ ba (Vietnamese), con giáp thứ 13 (Vietnamese), olwyn sbâr [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-third_wheel-en-noun-sDK-PoIt Disambiguation of People: 28 54 18 Disambiguation of 'unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date': 2 96 2
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, wheel. Synonyms: fifth wheel, gooseberry [British], 3rd wheel [abbreviation] Related terms: two's company, three's a crowd
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        ],
        [
          "useful",
          "useful"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) An individual or object that serves no useful purpose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unwanted",
          "unwanted"
        ],
        [
          "third party",
          "third party"
        ],
        [
          "accompany",
          "accompany"
        ],
        [
          "date",
          "date"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) An unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, wheel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "third",
          "third#English"
        ],
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-third wheel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/En-au-third_wheel.ogg/En-au-third_wheel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/En-au-third_wheel.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fifth wheel"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ],
      "word": "gooseberry"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "3rd wheel"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "word": "電燈泡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàndēngpào",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "word": "电灯泡"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vijfde wiel aan de wagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vijfde rad aan de wagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "word": "painolasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fünftes Rad am Wagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "word": "harmadik kerék"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ultima ruota del carro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "piąte koło u wozu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a cincea roată la căruță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tretij lišnij",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "word": "третий лишний"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тринаесто прасе"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person or thing that serves no useful purpose",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "trinaesto prase"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "電燈膽"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "din⁶ dang¹ daam²",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "电灯胆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "電燈泡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàndēngpào",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "电灯泡"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "kolmas pyörä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "tenir la chandelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cinquième roue du carrosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "galgál shlishí",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גלגל שלישי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "gyertyatartó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "harmadik kerék"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "obat nyamuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "éan corr"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "terzo incomodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przyzwoitka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "piąte koło u wozu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trétij líšnij",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тре́тий ли́шний"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sujetavelas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mal tercio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "Cuba",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sapo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violinista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "chaperón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "paleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "Venezuela",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lamparita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tredje hjul"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "trà xanh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "tiểu tam"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "người thứ ba"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "word": "con giáp thứ 13"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "olwyn sbâr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "third wheel"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Vietnamese: 'con giáp thứ 13', originally 'con giáp thứ 13'",
  "path": [
    "third wheel"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "third wheel",
  "trace": ""
}

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