three

Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English three

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈtriː] ^[sic]^[1]

Numeral[edit]

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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Wikipedia

**English numbers ^(edit)**
	30
← 2	3	4 →
Cardinal: three Ordinal: third, trito- Latinate ordinal: tertiary Adverbial: thrice Multiplier: triple, threefold Distributive: triply Collective: triad, threesome Fractional: third Number of musicians: trio, triplet

Alternative forms[edit]

thre, threy, thrie (all obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

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.

Cognates 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)
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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: A Novel, 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.

Synonyms[edit]

(numerical value): leash, tether (dialectal)

Related terms[edit]

third, thrice, triple

Translations[edit]

cardinal number 3

Aari: makkán
Abaza: хпа (xpa)
Abkhaz: хԥа (xpa), хҧа (xҧa) (old spelling)
Adyghe: щы (š̍ə)
Afrikaans: drie (af)
Ainu: レ (re)
Aiton: please add this translation if you can
Akkadian: 𒁹𒁹𒁹 (šalāš)
Albanian: tre (sq) m, tri (sq) f
Alutiiq: pingayun
American Sign Language:
Amharic: ሦስት (am) (śostə), ሶስት (sostə) (numeral: ፫ (3))
Arabic: ثَلَاثَة‎ (ar) (ṯalāṯa) (numeral: ٣‎ (3))
Egyptian: تلاتة‎ (talāta)

Moroccan Arabic: تلاتة‎ (tlāta)
Aragonese: tres
Aramaic:
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תְּלָתָא‎ m (təlāṯā), תְּלַת‎ f (təlaṯ)

Syriac: ܬܠܬܐ‎ m (təlāṯā), ܬܠܬ‎ f (təlāṯ)

Western Neo-Aramaic: ܬܠܬܐ‎ m (ṯloṯa), ܐܬܠܬ‎ f (ʾeṯlaṯ)
Armenian: երեք (hy) (erekʿ)
Aromanian: trei (roa-rup)
Asháninka: mawa
Assamese: তিনি (tini) (numeral: ৩)
Asturian: tres (ast), trés (ast)
Aymara: kimsa (ay)
Azerbaijani: üç (az)
Banjarese: talu
Bashkir: өс (ös)
Basque: hiru (eu)
Bassa: tã
Bay Miwok: teleeka
Belarusian: тры (be) (try), (collective) тро́е (tróje), тро́йка f (trójka)
Bengali: তিন (bn) (tin) (numeral: ৩)
Bikol Central: tulo
Brahui: musiŧ
Breton: tri (br) m, teir (br) f
Brunei Malay: tiga
Bulgarian: три (bg) (tri)
Burmese: သုံး (my) (sum:) (numeral: ၃ (my) (3))
Buryat: гурбан (gurban)
Cahuilla: páh
Catalan: tres (ca)
Cebuano: tulo
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴽⵕⴰⴹ (kṛaḍ)
Central Dusun: tolu
Central Sierra Miwok: toló·košu-
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chamicuro: kilko
Chechen: кхоъ (qoʾ)
Chepang: सुम्‌
Cherokee: ᏦᎢ (tsoi)
Chichewa: tatu
Chickasaw: tochchí'na
Chinese:
Cantonese: 三 (yue) (sam¹)

Dungan: сан (san)

Eastern Hokkien (Min Dong): 三 (sang)

Hakka: 三 (sāng)

Mandarin: 三 (zh) (sān) (numeral: 參 (zh))

Min Nan: (Xiamen) 三 (zh-min-nan) (sā̃, sām), 三 (zh-min-nan) (sam¹) (Teochew)

Wu: 三 (se)
Chukchi: ӈыроӄ (ŋəroq)
Chuukese: unungat, unuchö, unumön
Chuvash: виҫӗ (viśĕ), виҫҫӗ (viśśĕ)
Classical Nahuatl: ēyi
Cornish: tri m, teyr f
Corsican: trè (co)
Cree: nisto
Crimean Tatar: üç
Czech: tři (cs), (collective) troje (cs)
Dalmatian: tra
Danish: tre (da)
Dena'ina: tuq'i
Dhivehi: ތިން‎ (tin̊)
Dolgan: үс (üs)
Dutch: drie (nl)
Dzongkha: གསུམ (gsum )
Eastern Cham: please add this translation if you can
Eastern Mari: кумыт (kumyt)
Elfdalian: tri
Erzya: колмо (kolmo)
Esperanto: tri (eo)
Estonian: kolm (et)
Even: илан (ilan)
Evenki: илан (ilan)
Ewe: etɔ̃
Faroese: tríggir m, tríggjar f, trý (fo) n, trinnir m (distributive number)
Fijian: tolu (fj)
Finnish: kolme (fi)
French: trois (fr)
Friulian: trê
Ga: etɛ̃, etɛ
Gagauz: üç
Galician: tres (gl)
Garifuna: ürüwa
Ge'ez: ሠለስቱ m (śälästu), ሠላስ f (śälas) (numeral: ፫ (3))
Georgian: სამი (ka) (sami)
German: drei (de)
Gilbertese: tenua
Gothic: 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰 (þrija)
Greek: τρία (el) (tría), γ΄ (g΄) (numeral)
Ancient: τρεῖς (treîs), γ΄ (g΄) (numeral)
Greenlandic: pingasut (kl)
Guaraní: mbohapy
Gujarati: ત્રગડો (tragḍo) (numeral: ૩)
Hadza: sámaka
Haitian Creole: twa
Hausa: ukù
Hawaiian: kolu, ʻekolu
Hebrew: שָׁלוֹשׁ‎ (he) f (shalosh) (used in counting), שְׁלוֹשָׁה‎ m (shlosha)
Hindi: तीन (hi) (tīn) (numeral: ३ (hi) (3)), त्रि (hi) (tri)
Hopi: pàayoʼ
Hungarian: három (hu)
Hunsrik: drei
Icelandic: þrír (is) m, þrjár (is) f, þrjú (is) n
Icelandic Sign Language: 3@Side-PalmBackFingerUp
Ido: tri (io)
Ilocano: tallo
Indonesian: tiga (id)
Ingush: кхоъ (qoʾ)
Interlingua: tres (ia)
Iranun: please add this translation if you can
Irish: trí (ga)
Old Irish: trí
Istriot: trì
Istro-Romanian: trei
Italian: tre (it)
Itelmen: ч’оӄ (č’oq)
Japanese: 三 (ja) (san), 三つ (ja) (mittsu)
Jarai: klâo
Javanese: telu (jv)
Kabardian: щы (ŝə)
Kalmyk: һурвн (hurvn)
Kannada: ಮೂರು (kn) (mūru): (numeral: ೩ (kn) (3))
Kapampangan: atlu
Karachay-Balkar: юч (üç)
Karaim: üč
Karakhanid: اُجْ‎ (üč)
Karelian: kolme
Kashubian: trzë
Kaurna: marnkutyi
Kazakh: үш (kk) (üş)
Khakas: ӱс (üs)
Khanty: хәԓум (xəḷum) (Kazym)
Khmer: បី (km) (bəy) (numeral: ៣ (3))
Komi-Permyak: куим (kuim)
Komi-Zyrian: куим (kuim)
Korean: 셋 (ko) (set), 세 (ko) (se) (determiner), 석 (ko) (seok), 삼 (ko) (sam) (三 (ko))
Koryak: ӈыёӄ
Kumyk: уьч (üç)
Kuna: pa
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سێ‎ (ku) (sê)

Northern Kurdish: sê (ku)
Kyrgyz: үч (ky) (üç)
Lakota: yámni
Lao: ສາມ (sām) (numeral: ໓ (3))
Latgalian: treis pl
Latin: trēs (la) m or f, tria (la) n
Latvian: trīs (lv)
Ligurian: tréi m, træ f
Lithuanian: trys (lt) m, trys (lt) f
Livonian: kuolm
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: drij (Gronings), drèje (Gronings)

German Low German: drei (nds), dree (nds)
Luo: adek
Luxembourgish: dräi (lb)
Lü: ᦉᦱᧄ (ṡaam) (numeral: ᧓)
Macedonian: три (mk) (tri)
Madurese: telloʔ
Maguindanao: please add this translation if you can
Malagasy: telo (mg)
Malay:
Jawi: تيݢ‎, تلو‎, تري‎

Rumi: tiga (ms), telu (ms), tri
Malayalam: മൂന്നു (mūnnu), മൂന്ന് (ml) (mūnnŭ) (numeral: ൩)

Maltese: tlieta (mt)
Manchu: ᡳᠯᠠᠨ (ilan)
Mangarevan: toru
Mansi: хурум (hurum)
Manx: three, tree
Maori: toru (mi)
Maranao: please add this translation if you can
Marathi: तीन (tīn)
Maricopa: xamok, hmuk
Marshallese: jilu
Megleno-Romanian: trei
Minangkabau: tigo
Mirandese: trés
Mongolian: гурав (mn) (gurav), ᠭᠤᠷᠪᠠᠨ (ɣurban) (numeral: ᠓)
Montagnais: nishtᵘ
Muong: pà
Mòcheno: drai
Nama: ǃnona
Nauruan: aiju
Navajo: tááʼ
Negidal: елан, илан
Nepali: तीन (ne) (tīn)
Ngazidja Comorian: -raru
Niuean: tolu
Nogai: уьш (üş)
Norman: trais
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: trii

Helgoland: tree

Mooring: tra m, trii f or n

Sylt: trii
Northern Ohlone: kaphan
Northern Yukaghir: йалуонь (jaluoņ)
Norwegian: tre (no), tri (no)
O'odham: vaik
Occitan: tres (oc)
Ojibwe: niswi
Okinawan: 三 (san), 三ち (mīchi)
Old Church Slavonic: триѥ (trije), трьѥ (trĭje), три (tri), виҫҫӗ (viҫҫӗ)
Old English: þrī
Old Frisian: thrē, thriā, thriū
Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰲‎ (üč)
Oriya: ତିନି (or) (tini) (numeral: ୩ (3))
Oromo: sadii
Oscan: 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌔 (trís)
Ossetian: ӕртӕ (ærtæ)
Ottoman Turkish: اوچ‎ (üç)
Papiamentu: tres
Pashto: درې‎ (ps) (dre)
Pennsylvania German: drei
Persian: سه‎ (fa) (se), سو‎ (fa) (so) (dialectal), (numeral: ۳‎)
Piedmontese: tre
Pipil: yey
Polish: trzy (pl) pl, (collective) troje (pl), trójka (pl) f
Portuguese: três (pt)
Proto-Norse: ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ f pl (þrijoz)
Punjabi: ਤਿੰਨ (tinn) (numeral: ੩ (3))
Purepecha: tanimu
Quechua: kimsa (qu), kinsa
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Rapa Nui: ka toru
Rarotongan: toru
Rohingya: tin
Romani: trin
Kalo Finnish Romani: triin
Romanian: trei (ro)
Romansch: trais
Russian: три (ru) (tri), тро́е (ru) (tróje) (collective), тро́йка (ru) f (trójka)
Rusyn: три (try)
S'gaw Karen: သၢ (thuh)
Saho: please add this translation if you can
Sami:
Inari: kulmâ

Northern: golbma

Skolt: koumm

Southern: golme
Samoan: tolu (sm)
Sanskrit: त्रि (sa) (tri), त्रयं (trayaṃ)
Santali: ᱯᱮ (pe)
Sarcee: táyk'í
Sardinian: tres
Saterland Frisian: tjo
Scottish Gaelic: trì, triùir m
Semai: tige
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: три̑

Roman: trȋ
Shan: သၢမ် (shn) (sǎam) (numeral: ႓)
Shor: ӱш (üş)
Sichuan Yi: ꌕ (suo)
Sicilian: tri (scn)
Sikkimese: སུམ (sum)
Sindhi: ٽي‎ (sd) (ti)
Sinhalese: තුන (si) (tuna)
Slovak: tri (sk), traja
Slovene: tríje, (when counting) trí (sl)
Slovincian: třȧ̃
Somali: saddex (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: tśi

Upper Sorbian: třo m, tři f or n
Southern Altai: ӱч (üč)
Southern Ohlone: capjan
Spanish: tres (es)
Sumerian: 𒁹𒁹𒁹 (eš5)
Sundanese: tilu (su)
Swazi: tsatfu
Swedish: tre (sv)
Sylheti: ꠔꠤꠘ (tin)
Tagalog: tatlo (tl)
Tahitian: toru
Tai Dam: ꪎꪱꪣ
Tai Nüa: ᥔᥣᥛᥴ (sáam)
Tajik: се (tg) (se)
Talysh: سه‎ (se) (Asalemi)
Tamil: மூன்று (ta) (mūṉṟu) (numeral: ௩ (௩))
Tangut: 𘕕 (sọ)
Taos: póyuo
Tashelhit: krad m, krat f
Tatar: өч (tt) (öç)
Tausug: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: మూడు (te) (mūḍu) (numeral: ౩ (te) (3))
Thai: สาม (th) (sǎam) (numeral: ๓ (th) (3))
Tibetan: གསུམ (gsum) (numeral: ༣ (3))
Tigre: ሰለስ (säläs) (numeral: ፫ (3))
Tigrinya: ሰለስተ (sälästä) (numeral: ፫ (3))
Tlingit: nás’k, nás’gináx̱
Toba Batak: tolu
Tocharian A: tre
Tocharian B: trai, trey
Tok Pisin: tripela
Tupinambá: mosapyr
Turkish: üç (tr)
Turkmen: üç (tk)
Tuvaluan: tolu
Tuvan: үш (üş)
Tz'utujil: oxi
Udmurt: куинь (kuinʹ)
Ukrainian: три (uk) (try), (collective) тро́є (tróje), трі́йко (tríjko) colloquial, трі́єчко (tríječko) colloquial diminutive, трі́йка (uk) f (tríjka)
Umbrian: 𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌚 (trif)
Unami: naxa
Urdu: تین‎ m (tīn)
Uyghur: ئۈچ‎ (ug) (üch)
Uzbek: uch (uz)
Venetian: tre (vec), tri
Veps: koume
Vietnamese: ba (vi)
Vilamovian: draj
Volapük: kil (vo)
Votic: kõlmõd, кылмыд
Võro: kolm
Wakhi: tru
Walloon: troes (wa)
Waray-Waray: bungto
Welsh: tri (cy) m, tair (cy) f
West Frisian: trije (fy)
Western Apache: táági, tāāgi
Western Cham: please add this translation if you can
White Hmong: peb
Winnebago: taanį
Wiradhuri: Bula Ngumbaay
Wolof: ñett
Xhosa: thathu
Yagara: burla ganar
Yagnobi: тирай (tiray)
Yakan: tellu
Yakut: үс (üs)
Yao: tatu
Yiddish: דרײַ‎ (dray)
Yoruba: ẹ̀ta
Yucatec Maya: óox
Yup'ik: pingayun
Yámana: matan
Zazaki: hîrê (diq)
Zealandic: drie, drieë (in counting)
Zhuang: sam (Sawndip 三)
Zulu: thathu
Zuni: ha'i

describing set or group with three components

Bashkir: өсәү (ösäw)
Catalan: trio (ca) m
Dutch: trits (nl) c
French: trio (fr) m
Latgalian: treji m, trejis f
Lithuanian: trejeri (lt) m, trejerios f
Macedonian: тројка f (trojka)
Romanian: triplu (ro) m or n, triplă f

Russian: тро́йка (ru) f (trójka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тро́јка f

Roman: trójka (sh) f
Spanish: trío (es) m
Walloon: troejhinne (wa) f

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.