English

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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tres

  1. plural of tre

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Albanian

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Etymology

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

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tres (aorist treta, participle tretur)

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

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

Aragonese

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Aragonese cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : tres

Etymology

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

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tres

  1. three

Asturian

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Asturian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : tres
    Ordinal : terceru

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Etymology 1

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

Numeral

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tres (indeclinable)

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

Etymology 2

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

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tres

  1. behind, beyond
  2. after

Bikol Central

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

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Borrowed from Spanish tres.

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

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tres (Basahan spelling ᜆ᜔ᜍᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. three
    Synonym: tulo

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Catalan

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

Etymology

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

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tres m or f

  1. (cardinal number) three

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Noun

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tres m (plural tresos)

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

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Danish

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Etymology

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Clipping of tresindstyve.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtres/, [ˈtˢʁ̥æs]
  • Rhymes: -as

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tres

  1. sixty
    Synonyms: tresindstyve, seksti
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Extremaduran

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Etymology

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Akin to Spanish, from Latin.

Numeral

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tres

  1. three

Fala

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

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs.

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

Numeral

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tres

  1. three

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

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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

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

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tres (indeclinable)

  1. three

Ilocano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tres.

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

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tres (Kur-itan spelling ᜆ᜔ᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. three
    Synonym: tallo

Interlingua

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Numeral

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tres

  1. three

Kabuverdianu

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Kabuverdianu cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : tres

Etymology

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    From Portuguese três.

    Numeral

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    tres

    1. three (3)

    Kristang

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    Etymology

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

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      tres

      1. three

      Latin

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      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

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      Etymology

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

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

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        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

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        See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

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        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

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        • 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:

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        References

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        • 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[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
          • (ambiguous) a word with you: tribus verbis te volo

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        Noun

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        tres

        1. plural of tre

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        Adverb

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        tres

        1. manuscript form of trés

        Norwegian Bokmål

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        Verb

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        tres

        1. passive of tre (Etymologies 3 & 4)

        Occitan

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        Occitan cardinal numbers
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            Cardinal : tres
            Ordinal : tresen

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

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

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        tres

        1. three
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        Old Galician-Portuguese

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        Etymology

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

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          tres

          1. three (3)

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          Old Occitan

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          tres

          1. three (3)

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          Old Spanish

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          Old Spanish cardinal numbers
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              Cardinal : tres
              Ordinal : tercero

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          • III (representation in Roman numerals)

          Etymology

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          From Latin trēs.

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          tres

          1. three
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          Papiamentu

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          Papiamentu cardinal numbers
           <  2 3 4  > 
              Cardinal : tres

          Etymology

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          From Portuguese três and Spanish tres and Kabuverdianu tres.

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          tres

          1. three (3)

          Portuguese

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          Adjective

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          tres

          1. Obsolete spelling of três.

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          Alternative forms

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          Etymology

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

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          tres

          1. (Sutsilvan) three

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          Sardinian cardinal numbers
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              Cardinal : tres

          Etymology

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

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          • IPA(key): /ˈtres/, [ˈtɾɛː.zɛ̆]

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          tres

          1. three

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

          Etymology

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

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

          Numeral

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          tres

          1. three

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          Tagalog

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          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

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          Borrowed from Spanish tres.

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          tres (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

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

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