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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tres (three). Doublet of three and trey.

Noun

tres (plural treses)

  1. (music) A three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban variant has six strings, and the Puerto Rican has nine.
Derived terms
Translations
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tres

  1. plural of tre

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trōtja, etymologically identical with Proto-Slavic *trǫtja (to spend, waste).[1]

Verb

tres (aorist treta, participle tretur)

  1. to dissolve, digest, melt down, lose weight
  2. to throw away

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tres”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 464

Aragonese

Aragonese cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tres

Etymology

From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tres

  1. three

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tres
    Ordinal : terceru

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tres (indeclinable)

  1. three
Usage notes

When there is possibility of confusion with the preposition tres, the numeral tres is accented as trés

Etymology 2

From Latin trāns (beyond, on the other side).

Preposition

tres

  1. behind, beyond
  2. after

Bikol Central

Bikol Central numbers (edit)
30[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: tulo, tres
    Ordinal: ikatulo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tres.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/
  • Hyphenation: tres

Numeral

tres (Basahan spelling ᜆ᜔ᜍᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. three
    Synonym: tulo

Derived terms

Catalan

Catalan numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tres
    Ordinal: tercer
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3r
    Multiplier: triple
    Fractional: terç

Etymology

Inherited from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognates include Occitan and Spanish tres, Italian tre, French trois.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tres m or f

  1. (cardinal number) three

Derived terms

Noun

tres m (plural tresos)

  1. three
  2. (castells) a castell with three castellers on each level of the tronc

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Clipping of tresindstyve.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tres

  1. sixty
    Synonyms: tresindstyve, seksti

References

Extremaduran

Etymology

Akin to Spanish, from Latin.

Numeral

tres

  1. three

Fala

Fala numbers (edit)
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tres
    Ordinal: terceiru

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/
  • Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: tres

Numeral

tres

  1. three

Further reading

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Galician numbers (edit)
30
[a], [b], [c] ←  2 3 4  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal (standard): tres
    Cardinal (reintegrationist): três
    Ordinal: terceiro
    Ordinal abbreviation:
    Multiplier: triplo
    Fractional (standard): terzo
    Fractional (reintegrationist): terço

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tres (indeclinable)

  1. three

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tres.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/
  • Hyphenation: tres

Numeral

tres (Kur-itan spelling ᜆ᜔ᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. three
    Synonym: tallo

Interlingua

Numeral

tres

  1. three

Kabuverdianu

Kabuverdianu cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tres

Etymology

    From Portuguese três.

    Numeral

    tres

    1. three (3)

    Kristang

    Etymology

      From Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

      Numeral

      tres

      1. three

      Latin

      Latin numbers (edit)
      30
       ←  2 III
      3
      4  → 
          Cardinal: trēs
          Ordinal: tertius
          Adverbial: ter
          Proportional: triplus
          Multiplier: triplex
          Distributive: ternus, trīnus
          Collective: terniō
          Fractional: triēns

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

        From Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognates include Sanskrit त्रि (trí), Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs) and Old English þrēo (English three).

        Pronunciation

        Cerberus canis trium capitum est (Cerberus is a three-headed dog).

        Numeral

        trēs (neuter tria); third-declension two-termination numeral, plural only

        1. three; 3
          • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.450–451:
            tria Cerberus extulit ora et tres latratus semel edidit
            Cerberus put forth three mouths and issued three barks at once
          • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Samuelis II.14.27:
            nati sunt autem Absalom filii tres et filia una nomine Thamar eleganti forma
            And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance

        Usage notes

        See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

        Declension

        Third-declension two-termination adjective, plural only.

        plural
        masc./fem. neuter
        nominative trēs tria
        genitive trium
        dative tribus
        accusative trēs
        trīs
        tria
        ablative tribus
        vocative trēs tria

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        • Balkan Romance:
          • Aromanian: trei
          • Istro-Romanian: trei
          • Megleno-Romanian: trei
          • Romanian: trei
        • Dalmatian:
        • Italo-Romance:
        • North Italian:
        • Gallo-Romance:
        • Occitano-Gallo-Romance:
        • Ibero-Romance:
        • Insular Romance:

        See also

        References

        • tres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • tres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
        • tres in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
        • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
          • (ambiguous) a word with you: tribus verbis te volo

        Middle English

        Noun

        tres

        1. plural of tre

        Middle French

        Adverb

        tres

        1. manuscript form of trés

        Norwegian Bokmål

        Verb

        tres

        1. passive of tre (Etymologies 3 & 4)

        Occitan

        Occitan cardinal numbers
         <  2 3 4  > 
            Cardinal : tres
            Ordinal : tresen

        Etymology

        From Old Occitan tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/
        • Audio:(file)
        • Hyphenation: tres

        Numeral

        tres

        1. three

        Old Galician-Portuguese

        Etymology

          Inherited from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

          Pronunciation

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three (3)

          Descendants

          Old Occitan

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three (3)

          Descendants

          Old Spanish

          Old Spanish cardinal numbers
           <  2 3 4  > 
              Cardinal : tres
              Ordinal : tercero

          Alternative forms

          • III (representation in Roman numerals)

          Etymology

          From Latin trēs.

          Pronunciation

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three

          Descendants

          Papiamentu

          Papiamentu cardinal numbers
           <  2 3 4  > 
              Cardinal : tres

          Etymology

          From Portuguese três and Spanish tres and Kabuverdianu tres.

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three (3)

          Portuguese

          Adjective

          tres

          1. Obsolete spelling of três.

          Romansch

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

          From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

          Number

          tres

          1. (Sutsilvan) three

          Sardinian

          Sardinian cardinal numbers
           <  2 3 4  > 
              Cardinal : tres

          Etymology

          From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

          Pronunciation

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three

          Spanish

          Spanish numbers (edit)
          30
           ←  2 3 4  → 
              Cardinal: tres
              Ordinal: tercero
              Apocopated ordinal: tercer
              Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º
              Multiplier: triple
              Fractional: tercio

          Etymology

          Inherited from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/
          • Audio:(file)
          • Rhymes: -es
          • Syllabification: tres

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three

          Derived terms

          Further reading

          Tagalog

          Tagalog numbers (edit)
          30
           ←  2 3 4  → 
              Cardinal: tatlo
              Spanish cardinal: tres
              Ordinal: ikatlo, ikatatlo, pangatlo
              Spanish ordinal: tersero, tersera
              Ordinal abbreviation: ika-3, pang-3
              Adverbial: makatlo, makaitlo, makatatlo
              Multiplier: triple, tatlong ibayo
              Distributive: tigtatlo, tatluhan, tatlo-tatlo
              Restrictive: tatatlo
              Fractional: katlo, sangkatlo, saikatlo

          Etymology

          Borrowed from Spanish tres.

          Pronunciation

          Numeral

          tres (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

          1. three
            Synonym: tatlo
          2. (basketball) three-point shot

          Further reading

          • tres”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018