three
noun
- playing card
- the number 3 between two and four
adjective
- quantity adjective for 3
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /θɹiː/ / [θɾ̪̊iː] / [θɾ̪̊ɪi]
noun
Etymology: From Middle English thre, threo, thrie, thri, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Doublet of tres and trey. Cognate with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian երեք (erekʻ), Latin trēs, Latvian trīs, Lithuanian trỹs, Greek τρεῖς (treís), Old Church Slavonic трьѥ (trĭje), and others.
- The digit/figure 3.
“In our example, 1210 has 1 zero, 2 ones, 1 two and 0 threes.”
- Anything measuring three units, as length.
“Put all the threes in a separate container.”
- A person who is three years old.
“All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.”
- The playing card featuring three pips.
- Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
“It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three.”
- Abbreviation of three-pointer.
num
Etymology: From Middle English thre, threo, thrie, thri, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Doublet of tres and trey. Cognate with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian երեք (erekʻ), Latin trēs, Latvian trīs, Lithuanian trỹs, Greek τρεῖς (treís), Old Church Slavonic трьѥ (trĭje), and others.
- A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
“Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.”
“There is a soft-mat seat (which originally had a palm fiber underwebbing) supported by three curved transverse braces.”
- Describing a set or group with three elements.