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three

Pronunciation: /θɹɪj/

The English word “three” has 7 meanings listed here.

numeral

  1. A numerical value equal to 3; the number following two and preceding four.
  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.

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.

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