trois
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French
| 30 | ||
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| Cardinal: trois Ordinal: troisième Ordinal abbreviation: 3e, (nonstandard) 3ème Multiplier: triple Fractional: tiers | ||
| French Wikipedia article on 3 | ||
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old French trois, treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁwa/ ~ /tʁwɑ/,
Audio (France): (file) - (Quebec, informal) IPA(key):
- Homophone: Troyes
- Rhymes: -a
Numeral
trois (invariable)
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
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| huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |
Further reading
- “trois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
- treis (12th c., or Anglo-Norman)
- troys
- troi (“troy”) (sometimes used with nomin. plurals that do not end in -s)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Numeral
| 3 | Previous: | deus |
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| Next: | quatre |
trois
Descendants
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /trɔi̯s/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /trɔi̯ʃ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /trɔi̯s/
Verb
trois