trois

French

Etymology

From Old French trois, treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁwɑ/

• Audio (FR)

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• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): [tʁwɔ]

Numeral

French cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : trois     Ordinal : troisième
French Wikipedia article on trois

trois

1. three

Anagrams

• rôtis, sorti

Further reading

• “trois” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Old French

Alternative forms

• treis (12th century or Anglo-Norman)
• troys
• trei (sometimes used with nominative plurals that do not end in -s)
• troi (sometimes used with nominative plurals that do not end in -s)
• troy (sometimes used with nominative plurals that do not end in -s)

Etymology

From Latin trēs.

Numeral

trois

1. three

Descendants

• French: trois
• Norman: trais
• Walloon: troes

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɔi̯s/

Verb

trois

1. first-person singular preterite of troi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trois	drois	nhrois	throis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.