tres

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See also: trés, très, três, treš, tres-, trěś, třes, třeš, and -τρες

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish tres (“three”).

Noun[edit]

tres (plural treses)

  1. (music) A three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban variant has six strings, and the Puerto Rican has nine.

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *trōtja, etymologically identical with Proto-Slavic *trǫtja (“to spend, waste”).[1]

Noun[edit]

tres (first-person singular past tense treta, participle tretur)

  1. I dissolve, digest, melt down, lose weight
  2. I throw away

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 464

Aragonese[edit]

Aragonese cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tres

Etymology[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three

Asturian[edit]

Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tres
    Ordinal : terceru

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

tres (indeclinable)

  1. three
Usage notes[edit]

When there is possibility of confusion with the preposition tres, the numeral tres is accented as trés

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin trāns (“beyond, on the other side”).

Preposition[edit]

tres

  1. behind, beyond
  2. after

Catalan[edit]

Catalan numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tres
    Ordinal: tercer
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3r
    Multiplier: triple
    Fractional: terç
Catalan Wikipedia article on 3

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognates include Occitan and Spanish tres, Italian tre, French trois.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tres m or f

  1. (cardinal number) three

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

tres m (plural tresos)

  1. three
  2. (castells) a castell with three castellers on each level of the tronc

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of tresindstyve.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtres/, [ˈtˢʁ̥æs]
  • Rhymes: -as

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. sixty
    Synonyms: tresindstyve, seksti

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Extremaduran[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Spanish, from Latin.

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three

Fala[edit]

Fala numbers (edit)
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tres
    Ordinal: terceiru

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three

Further reading[edit]

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician[edit]

Galician cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tres
    Ordinal : terceiro
Galician Wikipedia article on tres

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tres (indeclinable)

  1. three

Ilocano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish tres

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: tres
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/, [ˈtɾes]

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three
    Synonym: tallo

Interlingua[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three

Kabuverdianu[edit]

Kabuverdianu cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tres

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese três.

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three (3)

Kristang[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three

Latin[edit]

Latin numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 III
3 		4  → 
    Cardinal: trēs
    Ordinal: tertius
    Adverbial: ter
    Multiplier: triplex, triplus
    Distributive: ternī, trīnī
    Collective: terniō
    Fractional: triēns

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognates include Sanskrit त्रि (trí), Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs) and Old English þrēo (English three).

Pronunciation[edit]

Cerberus canis trium capitum est (Cerberus is a three-headed dog).

Numeral[edit]

trēs (neuter tria); third-declension two-termination numeral, plural only

  1. three; 3
    • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.450–451:
      tria Cerberus extulit ora et tres latratus semel edidit
      Cerberus put forth three mouths and issued three barks at once
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Samuelis II.14.27:
      nati sunt autem Absalom filii tres et filia una nomine Thamar eleganti forma
      And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance

Usage notes[edit]

See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

Declension[edit]

Third-declension two-termination adjective, plural only.

Number Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative trēs tria
Genitive trium
Dative tribus
Accusative trēs
trīs 		tria
Ablative tribus
Vocative trēs tria

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Descendants[edit]

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: trei
    • Istro-Romanian: trei
    • Megleno-Romanian: trei
    • Romanian: trei
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitano-Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • “tres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tres in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) a word with you: tribus verbis te volo

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

tres

  1. plural of tre

Middle French[edit]

Adverb[edit]

tres

  1. manuscript form of trés

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

tres

  1. passive of tre (Etymologies 3 & 4)

Occitan[edit]

Occitan cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tres
    Ordinal : tresen

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three

Related terms[edit]

Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three (3)

Descendants[edit]

Old Occitan[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three (3)

Descendants[edit]

Old Spanish[edit]

Old Spanish cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tres
    Ordinal : tercero

Alternative forms[edit]

  • III (representation in Roman numerals)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin trēs.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Papiamentu[edit]

Papiamentu cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tres

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese três and Spanish tres and Kabuverdianu tres.

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three (3)

Portuguese[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tres

  1. Obsolete spelling of três

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • trais (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
  • treis (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology[edit]

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

Number[edit]

tres

  1. (Sutsilvan) three

Sardinian[edit]

Sardinian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tres

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtres/, [ˈtɾɛː.zɛ̆]

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three

Spanish[edit]

Spanish numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tres
    Ordinal: tercero
    Apocopated ordinal: tercer
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º
    Multiplier: triple
    Fractional: tercio
Spanish Wikipedia article on 3

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/ [ˈt̪ɾes]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: tres

Numeral[edit]

tres

  1. three

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Tagalog numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tatlo
    Spanish cardinal: tres
    Ordinal: ikatlo, ikatatlo, pangatlo
    Spanish ordinal: tersero, tersera
    Ordinal abbreviation: ika-3, pang-3
    Adverbial: makatlo, makaitlo, makatatlo
    Multiplier: triple, tatlong ibayo
    Distributive: tigtatlo, tatluhan, tatlo-tatlo
    Restrictive: tatatlo
    Fractional: katlo, sangkatlo, saikatlo
Tagalog Wikipedia article on 3

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish tres.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/, [ˈtɾɛs]

Numeral[edit]

tres (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. three
    Synonym: tatlo
  2. (basketball) three-point shot

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