three

Signification (Anglais)

Num

1. A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
2. Describing a set or group with three elements.

Noun

1. The digit/figure 3.
2. Anything measuring three units, as length.
3. A person who is three years old.
4. The playing card featuring three pips.
5. Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
6. Abbreviation of three-pointer.

Concepts

trois

3

10

Un

tercet

tràes

trais

trio

triade

triolisme

Synonymes

triple

3

trey

a few

🤏

threefold

tri

tierce

third

3rd

threesome

leash

ternary

thribs

iii

triad

trine

trinity

trio

few

🤏

triplet

troika

terzetto

tri-

deuce-ace

ternion

a little

several

number three

tercet

third gear

III

thrice

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/θɹiː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: thre

Hérité de ancien anglais: þrī

Appartenant à allemand: drei

Appartenant à albanais: tre

Appartenant à arménien: երեք

Appartenant à latin: trēs

Appartenant à letton: trīs

Appartenant à lituanien: trỹs

Appartenant à grec: τρεῖς

Appartenant à slavon d’église: трьѥ

In summary

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English thre, threo, thrie, thri, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Doublet of tres and trey.
Cognate with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian երեք (erekʻ), Latin trēs, Latvian trīs, Lithuanian trỹs, Greek τρεῖς (treîs), Old Church Slavonic трьѥ (trĭje), and others.

Phrases

The couple had four children , three sons and one daughter .

Le couple a eu quatre enfants, trois fils et une fille.

She is the youngest of three children .

Elle est la plus jeune de trois enfants.

He is thought to have lived in this manner for roughly three years .

Il aurait vécu cette manière pendant environ trois ans.

All three seats were left vacant until the next election .

Les trois sièges ont été laissés vacants jusqu'aux prochaines élections.

I have three essays due in the next week .

J'ai trois essais à la semaine prochaine.

The excavation has discovered three complete settlement layers from the Persian period .

Les fouilles ont découvert trois couches complètes de règlement de la période perse.

The first three pledge manuals of the fraternity were written by Walter B . Palmer .

Les trois premiers manuels d'engagement de la fraternité ont été écrits par Walter B. Palmer.

Three sections of the line are equipped with rack under the strub system .

Trois sections de la ligne sont équipées d'un rack sous le système Strub.