trois

French

Etymology

From Old French trois, treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁwɑ/
  • Audio (FR)(file)
  • (Quebec, informal) IPA(key): [tʁwɔ]
  • Audio(file)

Numeral
French cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : trois
    Ordinal : troisième
French Wikipedia article on trois

trois

  1. three

See also
Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms
  • treis (12th century or Anglo-Norman)
  • troys
  • trei (sometimes used with nominative plurals that do not end in -s)
  • troi (sometimes used with nominative plurals that do not end in -s)
  • troy (sometimes used with nominative plurals that do not end in -s)

Etymology

From Latin trēs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /trojs/

Numeral
cardinal number
3 Previous: deus
Next: quatre

trois

  1. three

Descendants

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /trɔi̯s/

Verb

trois

  1. first-person singular preterite of troi

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
trois drois nhrois throis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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