three
English
/θɹiː/, /fɹiː/, /θɹiː/, /θɹiː/
numeral
Definitions
- A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
- Describing a set or group with three elements.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thre inherited from Old English þrī inherited from *þrīʀ inherited from Proto-Germanic *þrīz (three) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (three).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tréyes
Gloss
three
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Number
Kanji
三
Emoji
🕒️ 🕞️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Three Amigos English
- Threefish English
- Threeness English
- amigo English
- fin English
- fish English
- fisted English
- headed English
- pence English
- penny English
- point English
- score English
- side English
- teapoy English
- thirty English
- thirtyfold English
- thirtyish English
- thirtypenny English
- three-fisted English
- three-headed English
- three-pointer English
- three-tiered English
- threefin English
- threefold English
- threefoldly English
- threefoldness English
- threeish English
- threeling English
- threeness English
- threepence English
- threepenny English
- threepennyworth English
- threeplex English
- threescore English
- threeside English
- threesies English
- threesome English
- threesomeness English
- threeteen English
- threeth English
- threeway English
- tiered English
- tri English
- way English
- tertius Latin
- tres Latin
- trespes Latin
- triceps Latin
- tridens Latin
- tridēns Latin
- triformis Latin
- tritavus Latin
- trēs Latin
- trīnī Latin
- Dreier German
- Dreierwette German
- Dreiklang German
- Dreiklassenwahlrecht German
- Dreikäsehoch German
- Dreikönigstag German
- Dreilochnutte German
- Dreilochstute German
- Dreiländereck German
- Dreimorengesetz German
- Dreispitz German
- Dreitagebart German
- Dreizentrenbindung German
- drei German
- dreiarmig German
- dreibeinig German
- dreiblättrig German
- dreierlei German
- dreifach German
- dreifüßig German
- dreihundertste German
- dreijährig German
- dreiköpfig German
- dreimal German
- dreiminütig German
- dreimonatig German
- dreimonatlich German
- dreimotorig German
- dreiprozentig German
- dreiseitig German
- dreisilbig German
- dreisprachig German
- dreispurig German
- dreistellig German
- dreistrahlig German
- dreistufig German
- dreistöckig German
- dreistündig German
- dreiteilig German
- dreitägig German
- dreitürig German
- dreiundachtzig German
- dreiundneunzig German
- dreiwertig German
- dreiwöchig German
- dreizeilig German
- tre Italian
- drie Dutch, Flemish
- driecilinder Dutch, Flemish
- driedekker Dutch, Flemish
- driehoek Dutch, Flemish
- driejarig Dutch, Flemish
- drieklank Dutch, Flemish
- driekleur Dutch, Flemish
- driekwart Dutch, Flemish
- drieling Dutch, Flemish
- drieluik Dutch, Flemish
- driemotorig Dutch, Flemish
- driepoot Dutch, Flemish
- drieslagstelsel Dutch, Flemish
- drietal Dutch, Flemish
- drietand Dutch, Flemish
- drietandig Dutch, Flemish
- drievoet Dutch, Flemish
- drievoudig Dutch, Flemish
- driewieler Dutch, Flemish
- drieërhande Dutch, Flemish
- Trois-Rivières French
- trois French
- troisième French
- три Russian
- amigo Spanish, Castilian
- tres Spanish, Castilian
- Τρίτων Ancient Greek
- Τρινακρία Ancient Greek
- τρίαινα Ancient Greek
- τρεῖς Ancient Greek
- *h₃dénts Proto-Indo-European
- *tréyes Proto-Indo-European
- trilogi Norwegian Bokmål
- tres Portuguese
- *þrīz Proto-Germanic
- スリー Japanese
- スリーサイズ Japanese
- almetre Norwegian Nynorsk
- balltre Norwegian Nynorsk
- bartre Norwegian Nynorsk
- eiketre Norwegian Nynorsk
- epletre Norwegian Nynorsk
- frukttre Norwegian Nynorsk
- joletre Norwegian Nynorsk
- juletre Norwegian Nynorsk
- kakaotre Norwegian Nynorsk
- kirsebærtre Norwegian Nynorsk
- lønnetre Norwegian Nynorsk
- nedfallstre Norwegian Nynorsk
- oliventre Norwegian Nynorsk
- opptre Norwegian Nynorsk
- palmetre Norwegian Nynorsk
- stamtre Norwegian Nynorsk
- tre Norwegian Nynorsk
- trearbeid Norwegian Nynorsk
- treblåseinstrument Norwegian Nynorsk
- treboks Norwegian Nynorsk
- trebåt Norwegian Nynorsk
- tredel Norwegian Nynorsk
- tredeling Norwegian Nynorsk
- tredemølle Norwegian Nynorsk
- tredimensjonal Norwegian Nynorsk
- trefase Norwegian Nynorsk
- tregrense Norwegian Nynorsk
- trehest Norwegian Nynorsk
- trehjuls Norwegian Nynorsk
- trehus Norwegian Nynorsk
- trekant Norwegian Nynorsk
- trekors Norwegian Nynorsk
- trekrone Norwegian Nynorsk
- trekvart Norwegian Nynorsk
- tremasse Norwegian Nynorsk
- tremenning Norwegian Nynorsk
- treskjerar Norwegian Nynorsk
- tresko Norwegian Nynorsk
- tresleiv Norwegian Nynorsk
- tresnitt Norwegian Nynorsk
- trestamme Norwegian Nynorsk
- trestykke Norwegian Nynorsk
- treverk Norwegian Nynorsk
- treåring Norwegian Nynorsk
- trilogi Norwegian Nynorsk
- þri Old English
- þri- Old English
- þrifeald Old English
- þritig Old English
- þriē Old English
- þrī Old English
- त्रयः, त्रि Sanskrit
- त्रि Sanskrit
- त्रिपाद Sanskrit
- त्रिशूल Sanskrit
- पत्र Sanskrit
- *Threnesse Middle English
- thirty Middle English
- thre Middle English
- threfold Middle English
- thrittene Middle English
- þrír Old Norse
- *tri Proto-Slavic
- *trьje Proto-Slavic
- trois Old French
- troy Old French
- dek-tria Esperanto
- dudek-tria Esperanto
- tri Esperanto
- tria Esperanto
- triangulo Esperanto
- tricent Esperanto
- tridek Esperanto
- tridek-kvina Esperanto
- tridimensia Esperanto
- trie Esperanto
- triedro Esperanto
- trifolio Esperanto
- triiliardo Esperanto
- triiliono Esperanto
- trijara Esperanto
- trijaraĝa Esperanto
- trilatero Esperanto
- trilingvulo Esperanto
- trilobulo Esperanto
- trio Esperanto
- triobla Esperanto
- triona Esperanto
- triono Esperanto
- triope Esperanto
- triopo Esperanto
- tripunkto Esperanto
- trisemajna Esperanto
- तिपाई Hindi
- तिब्बत Hindi
- तीन Hindi
- trei Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- سه Persian
- سهبعدی Persian
- سهتار Persian
- سهشنبه Persian
- سهماهه Persian
- τρεις Greek (modern)
- dri Middle Dutch
- drie Middle Dutch
- dri Old High German
- drī Old High German
- tri Ido
- drie Afrikaans
- tri Malay
- drī Middle High German
- Dräikinneksdag Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Dräisprong Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- dräi Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- dräifach Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- dräimol Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- တြိ Burmese
- တြိပူရ Burmese
- 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *þrīʀ gmw-pro
- *thrie Old Dutch
- *thrī Old Dutch
- thrīe Old Dutch
- tres Old Portuguese
- *trīs Proto-Celtic
- ti Pali
- tīṇi Pali
- drai Cimbrian
- drailöopar Cimbrian
- draite Cimbrian
- *tráyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- thrie Old Saxon
- thrīe Old Saxon
- trei Aromanian
- drüü Alemannic German
- *-itāts Proto-Italic
- *trēs Proto-Italic
- trais Romansh
- treis Romansh
- tres Romansh
- tres Asturian
- three Scots
- trê Friulian
- *tráyas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ত্রিপত্র Bengali
- tres Old Occitan
- تری Urdu
- تین Urdu
- thre Old Frisian
- thrē Old Frisian
- drei German Low German
- tri Sicilian
- tri Venetian
- mitripela Tok Pisin
- teti Tok Pisin
- tri Tok Pisin
- tripela Tok Pisin
- yumitripela Tok Pisin
- yutripela Tok Pisin
- *treje Proto-Albanian
- *tri/eK-(ś-) Proto-Albanian
- *tríjes Proto-Balto-Slavic
- tréi Ligurian
- tra Dalmatian
- *θráyah Proto-Iranian
- drai Mòcheno
- twa Haitian, Haitian Creole
- drei Pennsylvania German
- trwa Mauritian Creole
- 𐏂 Old Persian
- trai Tocharian B
- dri Sranan Tongo
- trin Romani
- trei Ladin
- trëi Ladin
- tres Sardinian
- tre Neapolitan
- trei Neapolitan
- trì Istriot
- *tréyes Proto-Hellenic
- trè Corsican
- tres Aragonese
- trò Louisiana Creole French
- درې Pashto, Pushto
- trwa Seychellois Creole
- trés Mirandese
- tri Fanagalo
- ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ Proto-Norse
- तीन Bhojpuri
- tre Tocharian A
- ત્રે Vaghri
- ꠔꠤꠘ Sylheti
- tre Piedmontese
- teti Bislama
- ત્રે Kachchi
- tīrts Old Prussian
- تریہ Kashmiri
- tri Novial
- trei Istro-Romanian
- tria Crimean Gothic
- dhree Yola
- tin Rohingya
- tereda inc-kho
- trei Megleno-Romanian
- tri Torres Strait Creole
- tri Nigerian Pidgin
- tri Samoan Plantation Pidgin
- tri
- fin
- way
- fish
- side
- penny
- pence
- score
- amigo
- point
- tiered
- thirty
- teapoy
- headed
- fisted
- threeth
- threefin
- threeish
- threeway
- threeteen
- threeside
- threeplex
- threeling
- threefold
- threesome
- threeness
- Threefish
- Threeness
- threesies
- thirtyish
- threepenny
- threepence
- thirtyfold
- threescore
- thirtypenny
- threefoldly
- three-headed
- Three Amigos
- three-tiered
- three-fisted
- threesomeness
- threefoldness
- three-pointer
- threepennyworth