troy

From Middle English troye, from Anglo-Norman. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, probably first used at a fair in Troyes, France.

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troy (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to, troy weight.

• Tory, ryot, tory, tyro

• treis, trois

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

troy

1. three

• Middle French: troys
  • French: trois
• Walloon: troes

Originally in the compound onza troy (“troy ounce”); a loan translation of English troy ounce, perhaps after the French city of Troyes.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾoi/, [ˈtɾo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi̯

troy (plural troy)

1. troy

• onza troy

• “troy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.