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Translingual[edit]
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three
- Code word for the digit 3 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet
Synonyms[edit]
ITU/IMO code word terrathree[2]
References[edit]
- ^ That is, as tree without tr-affrication. Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, October 2001, retrieved 23 January 2019, page §5.2.1.3, Figure 5–1
- ^ International Maritime Organisation (2005). International Code of Signals, p. 22–23. Fourth edition, London.
English[edit]
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| Cardinal: three Ordinal: third, trito- Latinate ordinal: tertiary Adverbial: three times, thrice Multiplier: triple, threefold Distributive: triply Collective: triad, threesome Fractional: third Number of musicians: trio, triplet | ||
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Etymology[edit]
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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 trey.
Cognate with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian երեք (erekʿ), Latvian trīs, Lithuanian trỹs, Greek τρεῖς (treῖs), and others.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: thrē IPA(key): /θɹiː/, [θɾ̪̊iː], [θɾ̪̊ɪi]
- (UK, th-fronting) enPR: frē IPA(key): /fɹiː/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /θɹiː/, [θɾ̪̊iː], [t̪ɾ̪̊iː]
- (General American) enPR: thrē IPA(key): /θɹiː/, [θɾ̪̊i]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iː
- Homophones: tree (with th-stopping), free (with th-fronting)
Numeral[edit]
three
- A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
- 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219:
- Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
- 2003 April 7, Michelle and Robert Lamoreaux, “A Spy is Born Part II”, in Totally Spies!, season 2, episode 1, Teletoon, Marathon Media, spoken by Clover (Jennifer Hale as Samantha “Sam” and Andrea Taylor):
- Okay, on three, we open the door and jump on the rope. One, two…
Wait, wait! Do we go on three? Or do we go on “go”?
Three! Who said anything about “go”?
- 2011 October 18, Paul Dini; Paul Crocker; Sefton Hill, Batman: Arkham City, Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, spoken by Joker thugs:
- Why should she care? One…two…
Do we shoot on three?
Yes on three. Like one, two, three, shoot.
- Describing a set or group with three elements.
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cardinal number 3
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describing set or group with three components
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Noun[edit]
three (plural threes)
- The digit/figure 3.
- Anything measuring three units, as length.
- Put all the threes in a separate container.
- A person who is three years old.
- All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
- The playing card featuring three pips.
- Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- 1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist[2]:
- It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three.
- (basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.
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Translations[edit]
digit/figure 3
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person who is three years old
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Symbols of number three in various numeral systems
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three
- Alternative spelling of tree.
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English thre, from Old English þriē, þrī, þreō, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
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| 3 | Previous: | twa |
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| Next: | fower |
three
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