thrice

Meaning

Three times.

Synonyms

three times

three

threefold

triple

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɹaɪs/

Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English thrice, thries (“three times, thrice; a third time; repeated three times”), from earlier thrī, thrīe (“three times, thrice; a third time”) (from Old English þriwa, þreowa) + -es (“suffix forming adverbs of time, place, and manner”) (from Old English -es (“suffix forming adverbs”)). The word is cognate with Old Frisian thria ("thrice"; > Saterland Frisian träie (“thrice”)), Middle Low German drîes (“thrice”), Middle High German drīes, drīs (“thrice”).

Sentences

Krantz was married four times and divorced thrice .