English Explanatory Dictionary

three

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
  2. Describing a set or group with three elements.
noun
  1. The digit/figure 3.
  2. Anything measuring three units, as length.
  3. A person who is three years old.
  4. The playing card featuring three pips.
  5. Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
  6. Abbreviation of three-pointer.

Pronunciation

thrē /θɹiː/ [θɾ̪̊iː] [θɾ̪̊ɪi] [θɹ̥ɪi] frē /fɹiː/ [t̪ɾ̪̊iː] [θɾ̪̊i] [θɹ̥i] en-us-three.ogg

Word forms

three thre þree threy thrie threes

Etymology

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 tres and trey. Cognate with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian երեք (erekʻ), Latin trēs, Latvian trīs, Lithuanian trỹs, Greek τρεῖς (treís), Old Church Slavonic трьѥ (trĭje), and others.

Synonyms

leash tether

Related words

third thrice triple Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages ፫ 3 ৩ 叄 三 ٣ ૩ ੩ ३ ೩ ៣ ໓ ᥉ ൩ ᠓ ၃ ୩ ۳ III ௩ ౩ ๓ ༣ 𒁹𒁹𒁹

Derived words

bad things come in threes ball-on-three-balls test big three Chinese three-banded box turtle Chinese three-striped box turtle clogs to clogs in three generations common three-ring count to three couple-three couple three easy as one two three Eurasian three-toed woodpecker fish and company stink after three days good things come in threes grade three in three days less than three logo three match-three game meat and three me three northern three-toed jerboa number three one-two-three on threes page-three girl page three girl phony as a three-dollar bill purple three-awn grass queer as a three dollar bill ride the three-legged mare rising three rule of three shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations six and two threes Tate's three-striped dasyure thirteen Three Amigos three-and-out threeawn three-bagger three-ball three-banded courser three-banded grasshopper three-banded warbler three body problem three-bottle man Three Bridges three-camera three-camera sitcom three card brag three-card marney three-card monte three-card shuffle three-card trick three-card trickster three-center two-electron bond three cheers Three Cocks three-cornered
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