three

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɹiː/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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

She is the youngest of three children .

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

All three seats were left vacant until the next election .

I have three essays due in the next week .

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

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

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