trois

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁwɑ/, /tʁwa/

• Audio (FR)

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

Numeral

French numbers ^(edit)

	30
←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: trois     Ordinal: troisième     Multiplier: triple     Fractional: tiers

trois

1. three

Derived terms

• en deux temps trois mouvements
• jamais deux sans trois
• les trois quarts du temps
• ménage à trois
• règle de trois
• trois cents
• trois fois rien
• trois pelés et un tondu
• Trois-Rivières

 

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: twa

Further reading

• “trois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rôtis, sorti

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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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtroi̯s/

Numeral

cardinal number

3	Previous:	deus
	Next:	quatre

trois

1. three

Descendants

• Middle French: troys
  • French: trois
    • Haitian Creole: twa
• Norman: trais
• Walloon: troes

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /trɔi̯s/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /trɔi̯ʃ/
• (South Wales) 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.