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English

Etymology 1

From Spanish tres (three).

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.
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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).

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

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

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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

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

  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
    Multiplier: triplex, triplus
    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.

Number Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative trēs tria
Genitive trium
Dative tribus
Accusative trēs
trīs
tria
Ablative tribus
Vocative trēs tria

Derived terms

Related 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

Numeral

tres

  1. three

Related terms

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

Related terms

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

Related 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

Related terms

Further reading

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