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three

/θɹɪj/ noun

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In Latin: trēs, tria Wiktionary

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  1. NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 3.

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.
    Put all the threes in a separate container.
  3. A person who is three years old.
    All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.

Origin

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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