tres
English
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
See also
- Appendix:Glossary of chordophones
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *trõtja, etymologically identical with Slavic *tratjǫ, *tratiti 'to spend, to waste'[1].
Noun
tres (first-person singular past tense treta, participle tretur)
Derived terms
- tretje
References
- A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.464
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Asturian
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Cardinal : tres Ordinal : terceru | ||
Etymology 1
From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Usage notes
When there is possibility of confusion with the preposition tres, the numeral tres is accented as trés
Catalan
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Cardinal : tres Ordinal : tercer Multiplier : triple | ||
Catalan Wikipedia article on tres |
Etymology
From Old Occitan tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
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
Further reading
- “tres” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -as
Related terms
Galician
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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
Audio (file)
Interlingua
Kabuverdianu
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Cardinal : tres | ||
Etymology
From Portuguese três.
Kristang
Etymology
From Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Latin
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Cardinal : trēs Ordinal : tertius Adverbial : ter Multiplier : triplex Distributive : ternī | ||
Latin Wikipedia article on trēs |
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/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tres/
Audio (Classical) (file)
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Numeral
trēs m pl or f pl (neuter tria); third declension
- 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
- tria Cerberus extulit ora et tres latratus semel edidit
- 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
- nati sunt autem Absalom filii tres et filia una nomine Thamar eleganti forma
Usage notes
See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers
Declension
Third declension, no singular.
Number | Plural | |
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter |
Nominative | trēs | tria |
Genitive | trium | trium |
Dative | tribus | tribus |
Accusative | trēs, trīs | tria |
Ablative | tribus | tribus |
Vocative | trēs | tria |
Derived terms
- tri-
- triduus
- trihōrius
- trimēstris
- trīmulus
- trīmus
Related terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: trei
- Asturian: tres
- Dalmatian: tra
- Franco-Provençal: três
- Old French: trois
- Friulian: trê
- Istro-Romanian: trei
- Italian: tre
- Ladin: trei
- Ladino: trez
- Ligurian: træ
- Megleno-Romanian: trei
- Neapolitan: trei, tre, tréje
- Old Occitan: tres
- Old Portuguese: tres
- Romanian: trei
- Romansch: trais
- Sardinian: tres
- Sicilian: tri
- Spanish: tres
- Venetian: tre
See also
- Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers
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, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) a word with you: tribus verbis te volo
- (ambiguous) a word with you: tribus verbis te volo
Middle English
Middle French
Norwegian Bokmål
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tres/
Papiamentu
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Cardinal : tres | ||
Etymology
From Portuguese três and Spanish tres and Kabuverdianu tres.
Portuguese
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Spanish
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Cardinal : tres Ordinal : tercero Multiplier : triple | ||
Etymology
From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾes/, [t̪ɾes]