tres

See also: trés, très, três, treš, tres-, trěś, třes, třeš, and -τρες

English

Etymology

From Spanish tres (“three”).

Noun

tres (plural treses)

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

Derived terms

tresero

Translations

guitar-like instrument

Spanish: tres cubano m, tres (es) m

Anagrams

'rest, -estr-, -ster, -ster-, ERTs, REST, Rest., SERT, TERs, erst, estr-, rest, rest., rets

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

tres (first-person singular past tense treta, participle tretur)

I dissolve, digest, melt down, lose weight
I throw away

Derived terms

tretje

References

Orel, Vladimir (1998), “tres”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: 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

three

Asturian

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɾes/, [t̪ɾes]

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

tres (indeclinable)

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

behind, beyond
after

Catalan

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾəs/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛs/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾes/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛs

Numeral

tres m or f

(cardinal number) three

Derived terms

tenir en cap a tres quarts de quinze (“be absent-minded or crazy”)
en un tres i no res
buscar tres peus al gat (“search for all the inconveniences”)

Noun

tres m (plural tresos)

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

Danish

Etymology

Clipping of tresindstyve.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

tres

sixty
Synonyms: tresindstyve, seksti

Related terms

tressende (“sixtieth”)
tresser (“sixties”)
tresindstyvende (“sixtieth”)

References

“tres” in Den Danske Ordbog
“tres” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Extremaduran

Etymology

Akin to Spanish, from Latin.

Numeral

tres

three

Galician

**Galician cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : tres Ordinal : terceiro
Galician Wikipedia article on tres

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɾɪs/
Audio (file)

Numeral

tres (indeclinable)

three

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tres

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: tres

IPA^(key): /ˈtɾes/, [ˈtɾes]

Numeral

tres

three
Synonym: tallo

Interlingua

Numeral

tres

three

Kabuverdianu

**Kabuverdianu cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : tres

Etymology

From Portuguese três.

Numeral

tres

three (3)

Kristang

Etymology

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

Numeral

tres

three

Latin

**Latin numbers ^(edit)**
	30
← 2	III 3	4 →
Cardinal: trēs Ordinal: tertius Adverbial: ter Multiplier: triplex, triplus Distributive: ternī, trīnī Fractional: triēns

Alternative forms

tris
Symbol: III

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

(Classical) IPA^(key): /treːs/, [t̪reːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tres/, [t̪rɛs]
Audio (Classical) (file)

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

Numeral

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

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

tri-
triduus
trihōrius
trimēstris
trīmulus
trīmus

Related terms

tertiārius
tertius
trias
triplex

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: trei
- Istro-Romanian: trei
- Megleno-Romanian: trei
- Romanian: trei
Dalmatian:
- tra
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: trè
- Italian: tre
- Neapolitan: trei, tre, tréje
- Sicilian: tri
North Italian:
- Friulian: trê
- Ladin: trei
- Ligurian: træ
- Romagnol: tri, trẹ (San Marino)
- Romansch: trais
- Venetian: tre
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: três
- Old French: trois
  - Middle French: troys
    - French: trois
      - Haitian Creole: twa
  - Norman: trais
  - Walloon: troes
Occitano-Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: tres
- Occitan: tres
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: tres
- Old Portuguese: tres
  - Galician: tres
  - Portuguese: três
- Old Spanish: tres
  - Ladino: trez
  - Spanish: tres
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: tres

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

plural of tre

Middle French

Adverb

tres

manuscript form of trés

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tres

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

three

Related terms

trenta
tresen

Old Occitan

Numeral

tres

three (3)

Descendants

Occitan: tres

Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɾes̺/

Numeral

tres

three (3)

Descendants

Galician: tres
Portuguese: três

Papiamentu

**Papiamentu cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : tres

Etymology

From Portuguese três and Spanish tres and Kabuverdianu tres.

Numeral

tres

three (3)

Portuguese

Adjective

tres

Obsolete spelling of três

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) trais
(Sursilvan, Surmiran) treis

Etymology

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

Number

tres

(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

IPA^(key): /ˈtres/, [ˈtɾɛː.zɛ̆]

Numeral

tres

three

Spanish

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

tres

three

Derived terms

cada dos por tres
como tres y dos son cinco
de tres al cuarto
de tres pares de narices
en un dos por tres
ni a la de tres
no ver tres en un burro
pasarse tres pueblos
regla de tres
tres cuartos de lo mismo
tres en raya

Related terms

tercer
tercia
terciario
tercio
trece
trenta

Tagalog

**Tagalog cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : tres Ordinal : ikatres

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tres.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɾes/, [ˈtɾes]

Numeral

tres (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

three
Synonym: tatlo

Derived terms

alas-tres
beynte tres
ikatres
kuwarenta y tres
nobenta y tres
otsenta y tres
sesenta y tres
setenta y tres
singkuwenta y tres
treynta y tres

Related terms

Tres Marias

[1] Orel, Vladimir (1998), “tres”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 464

tres

English

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

References

Aragonese

Etymology

Numeral

Asturian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Numeral

Usage notes

Etymology 2

Preposition

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Derived terms

Noun

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Related terms

References

Extremaduran

Etymology

Numeral

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Ilocano

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Interlingua

Numeral

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

Numeral

Kristang

Etymology

Numeral

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

See also

References

Middle English

Noun

Middle French

Adverb

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

Occitan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Related terms

Old Occitan

Numeral