tre

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See also: Tre, tre-, tré, trè, trẻ, trę, trẹ, tré-, tře, trê, trễ, and trể

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

tre (plural tres)

  1. Obsolete form of tree.
    • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg: Eucharius Cervicornus and J. Soter?], →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] x:[3–4], folio xxviii, verso, column 1:
      They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the woꝛke man, and faſhion it with the axe: they couer it ouer with golde oꝛ ſyluer, they faſten it wt nales and hammers, that it moue not.

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Albanian[edit]

Albanian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tre
    Ordinal : tretë

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *treje, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate to Latin trēs (“three”) and Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tre

  1. three

Related terms[edit]

Breton[edit]

Adverb[edit]

tre

  1. very
    Mat-tre!
    Very good!

Cornish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *treβ, from Proto-Celtic *trebā, from Proto-Indo-European *treb-. Cognate with Welsh tref

Noun[edit]

tre f (plural trevow)

  1. home, homestead
  2. town, village

Adverb[edit]

tre

  1. at home
  2. back, homewards

Mutation[edit]

  Mutation of tre  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
tre dre thre unchanged unchanged unchanged

Danish[edit]

Danish cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tre
    Ordinal : tredje

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ f pl (þrijoʀ), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).

The modern Danish form is a merger of the original East Old Norse accusative masculine þrēa (West þrjá) and the nominative/accusative feminine þrēaʀ (West þrjár).

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tre

  1. three

Further reading[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French très.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [tre]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Hyphenation: tre

Adverb[edit]

tre

  1. very

Descendants[edit]

  • → Ido: tre

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Esperanto tre, French très.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

tre

  1. very

Italian[edit]

Italian numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tre
    Ordinal: terzo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3º
    Adverbial: tre volte
    Multiplier: triplo, triplice
    Collective: tutti e tre
    Fractional: terzo
Italian Wikipedia article on 3

Etymology[edit]

From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tre (invariable)

  1. three

Noun[edit]

tre m (invariable)

  1. three

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso due tre quattro cinque sei sette
otto nove dieci fante donna,
regina 		re jolly, joker,
matta

Kalasha[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit त्रयः (trayaḥ), from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral[edit]

tre

  1. three; 3

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English trēow, from Proto-West Germanic *treu, in turn from Proto-Germanic *trewą. Ultimately descended from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tre (plural tres or treen)

  1. a tree or a plant that resembles one
  2. wood; timber

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Middle Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish tre, from Proto-Celtic *trē (compare Welsh trwy), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”); compare Sanskrit तिरस् (tiras), Latin trāns and Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh).

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

tre (with the accusative; triggers lenition)

  1. through
    • c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 11, page 1: “Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori. ― [There were] seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons.”

Inflection[edit]

Forms combined with a definite article:

  • tríasin (“through the m sg or f sg”)

Forms combined with a possessive determiner:

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Neapolitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin trēs. Compare Italian tre.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tre

  1. three

References[edit]

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 285: “tre; quattro” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tre
    Ordinal : tredje

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Danish and Swedish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tre

  1. three
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

From Old Norse tré (“tree; beam”), from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”), possibly from *drew- (“hard, firm, strong, solid”).

The plurals trær and trærne are derived from Danish træ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tre n (definite singular treet, indefinite plural tre or trær, definite plural trea or trærne)

  1. tree
  2. wood
    Dette bordet er lagd av tre.
    This table is made of wood.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle Low German treden.

Verb[edit]

tre (imperative tre, present tense trer, passive tres, simple past trådte, past participle trådt, present participle tredende)

  1. to step (in, out etc.), to tread
    (military) Tre av! - Dismissed!
    (legislation etc.) tre i kraft - come into effect, come into force
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

From tråd.

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

tre (imperative tre, present tense trer, passive tres, simple past tredde, past participle tredd)

  1. to thread
    tre en nål ― thread a needle

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tre
    Ordinal : tredje

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (three): tri (dialectal, also Høgnorsk)
  • (three): trí, trjå, trjú (dialectal, gender-depending)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /treː/, [tʁeː], [treː], [tɾeː]
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse þrír probably through Danish tre, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Danish and Swedish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir, English three.

Numeral[edit]

tre

  1. three
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

From Old Norse tré, from Proto-Germanic *trewą, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru. Akin to English tree.

Noun[edit]

tre n (definite singular treet, indefinite plural tre, definite plural trea)

  1. tree
    Trea i skogen var gamle.
    The trees in the forest were old.
  2. wood
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From earlier treda, from Middle Low German treden, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną. Doublet of trø and trå. Akin to English tread.

Verb[edit]

tre (present tense trer, past tense tredde, supine tredd or trett, past participle tredd, present participle treande, imperative tre)

  1. (intransitive) to tread, step
    • 1878 June 19, “Peter Schlemihl”, in Fedraheimen, page 135:
      han skynade mi Meining og trod tvo Stig attende.
      He got the memo, and took two steps back.
Conjugation[edit]

This verb is inflected as a short-formed weak e-verb, according to current standardization. The short form was introduced in 1959, and the weak past tense tredde was introduced in 1991, two developments made final by the reform of 2012. There is an outline of the development within the table below. The history is also intertwined with its semantically overlapping doublet, trå, as their inflections have been suppletive of each other.

Historical inflection of tre, treda and trede
infinitive present tense past tense supine
Aasen sg. treda tred trod tradet
pl. treda trodo
1901 treda tred trod trade
1917 treda [trede] tred [treder] trod trode
1938 treda [trede] tred [treder] trod tradi
1959 tre, treda, trede trer, tred [treder] tro, trod trådd
1985 tre, treda, trede trer, tred [treder] tro, trod, trådde trede, tredi, trådd, trådt
1991 tre, treda, trede trer, tred, treder tredde, tro, trod tredd, tredt, trede, tredi
2012 (current) tre trer tredde tredd, trett
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

tre (present tense trer, past tense tredde, past participle tredd, imperative tre)

  1. Misspelling of træ.

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Preposition[edit]

tre

  1. Alternative form of tri

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tre thre tre
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Piedmontese[edit]

Piedmontese cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tre

Etymology[edit]

From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs. Cognates include Italian tre and French trois.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tre

  1. three

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Short form of trebuie.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tre

  1. (informal) Alternative form of trebuie

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish tri (“through”), from Proto-Celtic *trē (compare Welsh trwy), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”).

Preposition[edit]

tre (+ dative, triggers lenition)

  1. through, by means of

Swedish[edit]

Swedish numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tre
    Ordinal: tredje
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3:e
    Multiplier: trefaldig
    Collective: trio
    Fractional: tredjedel

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish þrir, þrī, from Runic Swedish þrīR, from Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Norwegian and Danish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tre

  1. three

Synonyms[edit]

Coordinate terms[edit]

Cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— noll en/ett två tre fyra fem sex sju åtta nio
1— tio elva tolv tretton fjorton femton sexton sjutton arton/aderton nitton
2— tjugo tjugoen/-ett tjugotvå tjugotre tjugofyra tjugofem tjugosex tjugosju tjugoåtta tjugonio
3— trettio trettioen/-ett trettiotvå trettiotre trettiofyra trettiofem trettiosex trettiosju trettioåtta trettionio
4— fyrtio fyrtioen/-ett fyrtiotvå fyrtiotre fyrtiofyra fyrtiofem fyrtiosex fyrtiosju fyrtioåtta fyrtionio
5— femtio femtioen/-ett femtiotvå femtiotre femtiofyra femtiofem femtiosex femtiosju femtioåtta femtionio
6— sextio sextioen/-ett sextiotvå sextiotre sextiofyra sextiofem sextiosex sextiosju sextioåtta sextionio
7— sjuttio sjuttioen/-ett sjuttiotvå sjuttiotre sjuttiofyra sjuttiofem sjuttiosex sjuttiosju sjuttioåtta sjuttionio
8— åttio åttioen/-ett åttiotvå åttiotre åttiofyra åttiofem åttiosex åttiosju åttioåtta åttionio
9— nittio nittioen/-ett nittiotvå nittiotre nittiofyra nittiofem nittiosex nittiosju nittioåtta nittionio
Cardinal numbers from 100 onward

…

…

…

Derived terms[edit]

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Anagrams[edit]

Tocharian A[edit]

Previous: we, wu
Next: śtwar

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tocharian *treyä, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Tocharian B trey, trai.

Numeral[edit]

tre

  1. three

References[edit]

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “trai”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 339-340

Umbrian[edit]

Romanization[edit]

tre

  1. Romanization of 𐌕𐌓𐌄

Venetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin trēs. Compare Italian tre.

Numeral[edit]

tre

  1. three

Synonyms[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (certain coastal Northern dialects, endangered) te (dialects with /ʈ/-/t/ merger)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Vietnamese tle, from Proto-Vietic *k-lɛː. Compare also Proto-Katuic *ʔalɛɛ (“type of bamboo”) (whence Pacoh ale (“small bamboo used for spears”)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(classifier cây) tre • (𥯌, 椥)

  1. bamboo
Derived terms

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Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tre f (plural trefi)

  1. Alternative form of tref

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tre dre nhre thre
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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