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three

noun · num · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • British, Southern, Standard: /θɹɪj/
  • Received-Pronunciation: thrē
  • Received-Pronunciation: /θɹiː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [θɾ̪̊iː]
  • Received-Pronunciation: [θɾ̪̊ɪi]
  • Received-Pronunciation: [θɹ̥ɪi]
  • frē UK, th-fronting
  • /fɹiː/ UK, th-fronting
  • Ireland: /θɹiː/
  • Ireland: [θɾ̪̊iː]
  • Ireland: [t̪ɾ̪̊iː]
  • General-American: thrē
  • General-American: /θɹiː/
  • General-American: [θɾ̪̊i]
  • General-American: [θɹ̥i]
  • General-American: [θɹi]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: tree (th-stopping)
  • homophone: free (th-fronting)
  • rhymes with -iː
  • CMU ARPABET: TH R IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The digit/figure 3.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Anything measuring three units, as length.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Put all the threes in a separate container.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who is three years old.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The playing card featuring three pips.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Abbreviation of three-pointer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

num

Meaning 7

A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

num

Meaning 8

Describing a set or group with three elements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

being one more than two

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 3, iii

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trey

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: playing card

11

noun

Meaning 11

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: digit, figure

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

663 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ሶስት (sost) — digit/figure 3
  • Amharic: ሦስት (śost) — digit/figure 3
  • Armenian: երեք (erekʻ) — digit/figure 3
  • Asturian: tres — digit/figure 3
  • Basque: hiru — digit/figure 3
  • Belarusian: тро́йка (trójka) — digit/figure 3
  • Central Bikol: tulo — digit/figure 3
  • Bulgarian: тро́йка (trójka) — digit/figure 3
  • Catalan: tres — digit/figure 3
  • Cebuano: tulo — digit/figure 3
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三 (sān) — digit/figure 3
  • Danish: tre — digit/figure 3
  • Dutch: drie — digit/figure 3
  • Finnish: kolmonen — digit/figure 3
  • French: trois — digit/figure 3
  • Galician: tres — digit/figure 3
  • German: Drei — digit/figure 3
  • German: drüü — digit/figure 3
  • Hebrew: שלוש (shalósh) — digit/figure 3
  • Hindi: तीन (tīn) — digit/figure 3
  • Hungarian: hármas — digit/figure 3
  • Ilocano: tallo — digit/figure 3
  • Italian: tre — digit/figure 3
  • Japanese: 三 (san) — digit/figure 3
  • Japanese: スリー (surī) — digit/figure 3
  • Latin: trēs — digit/figure 3
  • Lithuanian: trejetas — digit/figure 3
  • Macedonian: тројка (trojka) — digit/figure 3
  • Pennsylvania German: drei — digit/figure 3
  • Polish: trójka — digit/figure 3
  • Portuguese: três — digit/figure 3
  • Romanian: trei — digit/figure 3
  • Russian: тро́йка (trójka) — digit/figure 3
  • Scottish Gaelic: trì — digit/figure 3
  • Serbo-Croatian: тро́јка — digit/figure 3
  • Serbo-Croatian: trójka — digit/figure 3
  • Sindhi: ٽي (ṭe) — digit/figure 3
  • Slovak: trojka — digit/figure 3
  • Slovene: trojka — digit/figure 3
  • Spanish: tres — digit/figure 3
  • Swahili: tatu — digit/figure 3
  • Swedish: trea — digit/figure 3
  • Tagalog: tatlo — digit/figure 3
  • Tamil: மூன்று (mūṉṟu) — digit/figure 3
  • Tok Pisin: tri — digit/figure 3
  • Ukrainian: трі́йка (tríjka) — digit/figure 3
  • Vietnamese: số ba — digit/figure 3
  • Finnish: kolmonen — anything measuring three units
  • Polish: trójka — anything measuring three units
  • Finnish: kolmivuotias — person who is three years old
  • Finnish: kolmonen — person who is three years old
  • Polish: trzylatek — person who is three years old
  • Polish: trzylatka — person who is three years old
  • Swedish: treåring — person who is three years old
  • Finnish: kolmonen — playing card
  • Hindi: तिक्की (tikkī) — playing card
  • Polish: trójka — playing card
  • Swedish: trea — playing card
  • Finnish: kolmonen — basketball: abbreviation of three-pointer
  • Aari: makkán — cardinal number 3
  • Abaza: хпа (xpa) — cardinal number 3
  • Abkhaz: хԥа (xpa) — cardinal number 3
  • Abkhaz: хҧа (xpa) — cardinal number 3
  • Acehnese: lhèë — cardinal number 3
  • Afrikaans: drie — cardinal number 3
  • Aghwan: 𐕀𐔼𐔱 (xib) — cardinal number 3
  • Ainu: レ (re) — cardinal number 3
  • Akan: abiɛsa — cardinal number 3
  • Akan: abiesã — cardinal number 3
  • Akkadian: 𒐈 (šalāšat) — cardinal number 3
  • Aklanon: tatlo — cardinal number 3
  • Albanian: tre — cardinal number 3
  • Albanian: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Aleut: qaankun — cardinal number 3
  • Southern Altai: ӱч (üč) — cardinal number 3
  • Alutiiq: pingayun — cardinal number 3
  • American Sign Language: 𝠞 — cardinal number 3
  • Amharic: ሦስት (śost) — cardinal number 3
  • Amharic: ሶስት (sost) — cardinal number 3
  • Andi: лъобгу (lsobgu) — cardinal number 3
  • Western Apache: táági — cardinal number 3
  • Western Apache: tāāgi — cardinal number 3
  • Arabic: ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa) — cardinal number 3
  • Arabic: ثَلَاث (ṯalāṯ) — cardinal number 3
  • Arabic: تلاتة (talāta) — cardinal number 3
  • Arabic: ثلاثة (talāta) — cardinal number 3
  • Arabic: تلاتة (tlāta) — cardinal number 3
  • North Mesopotamian Arabic: ثاثة (ṯāṯi, ṯāṯe) — cardinal number 3
  • Arabic: تلاتة (tlāte, talāte) — cardinal number 3
  • Aragonese: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܠܵܬܵܐ (tlātā) — cardinal number 3
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܠܵܬ (tlāt) — cardinal number 3
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תְּלָתָא (təlāṯā) — cardinal number 3
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תְּלַת (təlaṯ) — cardinal number 3
  • Aramaic: ܬܠܬܐ (təlāṯā) — cardinal number 3
  • Aramaic: ܬܠܬ (təlāṯ) — cardinal number 3
  • Western Neo-Aramaic: ܬܠܬܐ (ṯloṯa) — cardinal number 3
  • Western Neo-Aramaic: ܐܬܠܬ (ʾeṯlaṯ) — cardinal number 3
  • Archi: лъеб (lheb) — cardinal number 3
  • Argobba: ሶአስተ (sost) — cardinal number 3
  • Armenian: երեք (erekʻ) — cardinal number 3
  • Aromanian: trei (roa-rup) — cardinal number 3
  • Asháninka: mawa — cardinal number 3
  • Assamese: তিনি (tini) — cardinal number 3
  • Asturian: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Asturian: trés — cardinal number 3
  • Avar: лъабго (lsabgo) — cardinal number 3
  • Aymara: kimsa — cardinal number 3
  • Azerbaijani: üç — cardinal number 3
  • Bangi: misato — cardinal number 3
  • Banjarese: talu — cardinal number 3
  • Bashkir: өс (ös) — cardinal number 3
  • Basque: hiru — cardinal number 3
  • Bassa: tã — cardinal number 3
  • Toba Batak: tolu — cardinal number 3
  • Belarusian: тры (try) — cardinal number 3
  • Belarusian: тро́е (tróje) — cardinal number 3
  • Belarusian: тро́йка (trójka) — cardinal number 3
  • Bengali: তিন (tin) — cardinal number 3
  • Bhojpuri: तीन (tīn) — cardinal number 3
  • Big Nambas: itl — cardinal number 3
  • Central Bikol: tulo — cardinal number 3
  • Bislama: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Blackfoot: nioókska — cardinal number 3
  • Bookan: tiga — cardinal number 3
  • Brahui: musiŧ — cardinal number 3
  • Breton: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Breton: teir — cardinal number 3
  • Budukh: шуб (šub) — cardinal number 3
  • Budukh: шубуд (šubud) — cardinal number 3
  • Buginese: tellu — cardinal number 3
  • Bulgarian: три (tri) — cardinal number 3
  • Burmese: သုံး (sum:) — cardinal number 3
  • Buryat: гурбан (gurban) — cardinal number 3
  • Cahuilla: páh — cardinal number 3
  • Carpathian Rusyn: три (try) — cardinal number 3
  • Catalan: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Cebuano: tulo — cardinal number 3
  • Cèmuhî: cié — cardinal number 3
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴽⵕⴰⴹ (kṛaḍ) — cardinal number 3
  • Eastern Cham: klau — cardinal number 3
  • Chamicuro: kilko — cardinal number 3
  • Chamorro: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Champenois: tro — cardinal number 3
  • Chechen: кхоъ (qoʔ) — cardinal number 3
  • Chepang: सुम् (sum) — cardinal number 3
  • Cherokee: ᏦᎢ (tsoi) — cardinal number 3
  • Chichewa: tatu — cardinal number 3
  • Chickasaw: tochchí'na — cardinal number 3
  • Tedim Chin: thum — cardinal number 3
  • Chinese Cantonese: 三 (saam1) — cardinal number 3
  • Chinese: сан (san) — cardinal number 3
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 三 (săng) — cardinal number 3
  • Hakka Chinese: 三 (sāng) — cardinal number 3
  • Chinese: 三 (sā̃, sām) — cardinal number 3
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三 (sān) — cardinal number 3
  • Teochew: 三 (sam1) — cardinal number 3
  • Wu Chinese: 三 — cardinal number 3
  • Chinese Pidgin Russian: 的利 — cardinal number 3
  • Chinook Jargon: ɬun — cardinal number 3
  • Chukchi: ӈыроӄ (ŋəroq) — cardinal number 3
  • Chuukese: unungat — cardinal number 3
  • Chuukese: unuchö — cardinal number 3
  • Chuukese: unumön — cardinal number 3
  • Chuvash: виҫӗ (viś̬ĕ) — cardinal number 3
  • Chuvash: виҫҫӗ (viśśĕ) — cardinal number 3
  • East Circassian: щы (śə) — cardinal number 3
  • West Circassian: щы (śə) — cardinal number 3
  • Ngazidja Comorian: -raru — cardinal number 3
  • Cornish: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Cornish: teyr — cardinal number 3
  • Corsican: trè — cardinal number 3
  • Cowlitz: kaʔłiʔ — cardinal number 3
  • Cree: nisto — cardinal number 3
  • Montagnais: nishtu — cardinal number 3
  • Crimean Tatar: üç — cardinal number 3
  • Czech: tři — cardinal number 3
  • Czech: troje — cardinal number 3
  • Dalmatian: tra — cardinal number 3
  • Danish: tre — cardinal number 3
  • Defaka: táátó — cardinal number 3
  • Dena'ina: tuq'i — cardinal number 3
  • Dhivehi: ތިން (tin̊) — cardinal number 3
  • Dinka: diäk — cardinal number 3
  • Dolgan: үс (üs) — cardinal number 3
  • Drung: vseum — cardinal number 3
  • Central Dusun: tolu — cardinal number 3
  • Dutch: drie — cardinal number 3
  • Dzongkha: གསུམ (gsum) — cardinal number 3
  • Ifè: mɛ́ɛta — cardinal number 3
  • Edo: èhá — cardinal number 3
  • Elfdalian: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Elfdalian: trair — cardinal number 3
  • Elfdalian: trjär — cardinal number 3
  • Elfdalian: tråy — cardinal number 3
  • Forest Enets: нэху — cardinal number 3
  • Enga: tema — cardinal number 3
  • Erzya: колмо (kolmo) — cardinal number 3
  • Esperanto: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Estonian: kolm — cardinal number 3
  • Even: илан (ilan) — cardinal number 3
  • Evenki: илан (ilan) — cardinal number 3
  • Ewe: etɔ̃ — cardinal number 3
  • Extremaduran: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Faroese: tríggir — cardinal number 3
  • Faroese: tríggjar — cardinal number 3
  • Faroese: trý — cardinal number 3
  • Faroese: trinnir — cardinal number 3
  • Fataluku: utue — cardinal number 3
  • Fijian: tolu — cardinal number 3
  • Finnish: kolme — cardinal number 3
  • French: trois — cardinal number 3
  • North Frisian: trii — cardinal number 3
  • North Frisian: tree — cardinal number 3
  • North Frisian: tra — cardinal number 3
  • North Frisian: trii — cardinal number 3
  • North Frisian: trii — cardinal number 3
  • Old Frisian: thrē — cardinal number 3
  • Old Frisian: thriā — cardinal number 3
  • Old Frisian: thriū — cardinal number 3
  • Saterland Frisian: tjo — cardinal number 3
  • West-Frisian: trije — cardinal number 3
  • Friulian: trê — cardinal number 3
  • Ga: etɛ̃ — cardinal number 3
  • Ga: etɛ — cardinal number 3
  • Gagauz: üç — cardinal number 3
  • Galician: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Garifuna: ürüwa — cardinal number 3
  • Ge'ez: ሠለስቱ (śälästu) — cardinal number 3
  • Ge'ez: ሠላስ (śälas) — cardinal number 3
  • Georgian: სამი (sami) — cardinal number 3
  • Gerka: kùn — cardinal number 3
  • German: drei — cardinal number 3
  • Gilaki: سه (se) — cardinal number 3
  • Gilbertese: tenua — cardinal number 3
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (þreis) — cardinal number 3
  • Greek: τρία (tría) — cardinal number 3
  • Greek: γ ́ — cardinal number 3
  • Ancient Greek: τρεῖς (treîs) — cardinal number 3
  • Ancient Greek: γ ́ — cardinal number 3
  • Greenlandic: pingasut — cardinal number 3
  • Paraguayan Guarani: mbohapy — cardinal number 3
  • Gujarati: ત્રણ (traṇ) — cardinal number 3
  • Hadza: samaka and inflections — cardinal number 3
  • Haitian Creole: twa — cardinal number 3
  • Hausa: ukù — cardinal number 3
  • Hawaiian: kolu — cardinal number 3
  • Hawaiian: ʻekolu — cardinal number 3
  • Hebrew: שָׁלוֹשׁ (shalosh) — cardinal number 3
  • Hebrew: שְׁלוֹשָׁה (shlosha) — cardinal number 3
  • Higaonon: tatulo — cardinal number 3
  • Hiligaynon: tatlo — cardinal number 3
  • Hindi: तीन (tīn) — cardinal number 3
  • Hindi: त्रि (tri) — cardinal number 3
  • Hiri Motu: toi — cardinal number 3
  • Hlai: fus — cardinal number 3
  • White Hmong: peb — cardinal number 3
  • Hopi: pàayoʼ — cardinal number 3
  • Hungarian: három — cardinal number 3
  • Hunsrik: drei — cardinal number 3
  • Ibani: tɛ́rɛ́ — cardinal number 3
  • Icelandic: þrír — cardinal number 3
  • Icelandic: þrjár — cardinal number 3
  • Icelandic: þrjú — cardinal number 3
  • Icelandic Sign Language: 3@Side-PalmBackFingerUp — cardinal number 3
  • Ido: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Igala: ẹ̀ta — cardinal number 3
  • Igbo: atọ — cardinal number 3
  • Ilocano: tallo — cardinal number 3
  • Indonesian: tiga — cardinal number 3
  • Ingrian: kolt — cardinal number 3
  • Ingush: кхоъ (qoʔ) — cardinal number 3
  • Interlingua: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Inupiaq: piŋasut — cardinal number 3
  • Iquito: sɨɨsaramajɨtáami — cardinal number 3
  • Iranun: talu — cardinal number 3
  • Iranun: telu — cardinal number 3
  • Irish: trí — cardinal number 3
  • Old Irish: trí — cardinal number 3
  • Isnag: tallo — cardinal number 3
  • Isoko: ịsa — cardinal number 3
  • Istriot: trì — cardinal number 3
  • Istro-Romanian: trei — cardinal number 3
  • Italian: tre — cardinal number 3
  • Itelmen: ч’оӄ (č’oq) — cardinal number 3
  • Itsekiri: mẹ́ẹta — cardinal number 3
  • Izon: táarụ́ — cardinal number 3
  • Izon: tára — cardinal number 3
  • Japanese: 三 (san) — cardinal number 3
  • Japanese: 三つ (mittsu) — cardinal number 3
  • Japanese: スリー (surī) — cardinal number 3
  • Jarai: klâo — cardinal number 3
  • Javanese: telu — cardinal number 3
  • Old Javanese: tĕlu — cardinal number 3
  • Old Javanese: tiga — cardinal number 3
  • Jeju: 싯 (sit) — cardinal number 3
  • Jeju: 시 (si) — cardinal number 3
  • Jeju: 삼 (sam) — cardinal number 3
  • Kabuverdianu: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Kaitag: я́бал (ə́bal) — cardinal number 3
  • Kaitag: гӏя́бал (ʿə́bal) — cardinal number 3
  • Kalmyk: һурвн (ğurvn) — cardinal number 3
  • Kannada: ಮೂರು: (mūru) — cardinal number 3
  • Kanuri: yaske — cardinal number 3
  • Kapampangan: atlu — cardinal number 3
  • Karachay-Balkar: юч (üç) — cardinal number 3
  • Karaim: üč — cardinal number 3
  • Karakhanid: اُجْ (üč) — cardinal number 3
  • Karelian: kolme — cardinal number 3
  • S'gaw Karen: သၢ (thuh) — cardinal number 3
  • Kashubian: trzë — cardinal number 3
  • Kaurna: marnkutyi — cardinal number 3
  • Kazakh: үш (üş) — cardinal number 3
  • Khakas: ӱс (üs) — cardinal number 3
  • Northern Khanty: хәԯум (həłum) — cardinal number 3
  • Khmer: បី (bəy) — cardinal number 3
  • Khoekhoe: ǃnona — cardinal number 3
  • K'iche': ox — cardinal number 3
  • Kimbundu: -tatu — cardinal number 3
  • Kinaray-a: tatlo — cardinal number 3
  • Kirike: tɛ́rɛ́ — cardinal number 3
  • Kokborok: tham — cardinal number 3
  • Komi-Permyak: куим (kuim) — cardinal number 3
  • Komi-Zyrian: куим (kuim) — cardinal number 3
  • Kongo: tatu — cardinal number 3
  • Korean: 셋 (set) — cardinal number 3
  • Korean: 세 (se) — cardinal number 3
  • Korean: 석 (seok) — cardinal number 3
  • Korean: 삼 (sam) — cardinal number 3
  • Korean: 쓰리 (sseuri) — cardinal number 3
  • Koryak: ӈыёӄ (ŋəjoq) — cardinal number 3
  • Kumyk: уьч (üç) — cardinal number 3
  • Kuna: pa — cardinal number 3
  • Central Kurdish: سێ (sê) — cardinal number 3
  • Northern Kurdish: sê — cardinal number 3
  • Kyrgyz: үч (üc) — cardinal number 3
  • Ladakhi: གསུམ (gsum) — cardinal number 3
  • Lakota: yámni — cardinal number 3
  • Lao: ສາມ (sām) — cardinal number 3
  • Latgalian: treis — cardinal number 3
  • Latin: trēs — cardinal number 3
  • Latin: tria — cardinal number 3
  • Latvian: trīs — cardinal number 3
  • Lezgi: пуд (pud) — cardinal number 3
  • Ligurian: tréi — cardinal number 3
  • Ligurian: træ — cardinal number 3
  • Lingala: mísáto — cardinal number 3
  • Lithuanian: trys — cardinal number 3
  • Lithuanian: trys — cardinal number 3
  • Livonian: kuolm — cardinal number 3
  • Lombard: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Lombard: tre — cardinal number 3
  • Louisiana Creole: trò — cardinal number 3
  • Louisiana Creole: trwa — cardinal number 3
  • Low German: drei — cardinal number 3
  • Low German: dree — cardinal number 3
  • : ᦉᦱᧄ (ṡaam) — cardinal number 3
  • Luba-Kasai: satu — cardinal number 3
  • Luba-Katanga: satu — cardinal number 3
  • Lucumí: meta — cardinal number 3
  • Luo: adek — cardinal number 3
  • Lushootseed: łixw — cardinal number 3
  • Lutuv: suothung — cardinal number 3
  • Luxembourgish: dräi — cardinal number 3
  • Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊁𐊆 (trei) — cardinal number 3
  • Macedonian: три (tri) — cardinal number 3
  • Madurese: telloʔ — cardinal number 3
  • Maguindanao: telu — cardinal number 3
  • Makasar: tallu — cardinal number 3
  • Malagasy: telo — cardinal number 3
  • Brunei Malay: tiga — cardinal number 3
  • Malay: تيݢ — cardinal number 3
  • Malay: تلو — cardinal number 3
  • Malay: تري — cardinal number 3
  • Malay: tiga — cardinal number 3
  • Malay: telu — cardinal number 3
  • Malay: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Malayalam: മൂന്നു (mūnnu) — cardinal number 3
  • Malayalam: മൂന്ന് (mūnnŭ) — cardinal number 3
  • Maltese: tlieta — cardinal number 3
  • Manchu: ᡳᠯᠠᠨ (ilan) — cardinal number 3
  • Mangarevan: toru — cardinal number 3
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: tetelu — cardinal number 3
  • Mansaka: toro — cardinal number 3
  • Northern Mansi: хӯрум (hūrum) — cardinal number 3
  • Manx: three — cardinal number 3
  • Manx: tree — cardinal number 3
  • Māori: toru — cardinal number 3
  • Maranao: telo — cardinal number 3
  • Marathi: तीन (tīn) — cardinal number 3
  • Eastern Mari: кумыт (kumyt) — cardinal number 3
  • Maricopa: xamok — cardinal number 3
  • Maricopa: hmuk — cardinal number 3
  • Marshallese: jilu — cardinal number 3
  • Mauritian Creole: trwa — cardinal number 3
  • Mazanderani: سه (se) — cardinal number 3
  • Megleno-Romanian: trei — cardinal number 3
  • Middle English: thre — cardinal number 3
  • Middle Mongol: ᠬᠤᠷᠪᠠᠨ (qurban) — cardinal number 3
  • Minangkabau: tigo — cardinal number 3
  • Mirandese: trés — cardinal number 3
  • Bay Miwok: teleeka — cardinal number 3
  • Central Sierra Miwok: toló·košu- — cardinal number 3
  • Mizo: pathum — cardinal number 3
  • Mòcheno: drai — cardinal number 3
  • Mon: ပိ — cardinal number 3
  • Mongolian: гурав (gurav) — cardinal number 3
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠤᠷᠪᠠ (ɣurba) — cardinal number 3
  • Mongolian: ᠓ — cardinal number 3
  • Motu: toi — cardinal number 3
  • Mudburra: murrkuna — cardinal number 3
  • Muong: pà — cardinal number 3
  • Muyang: mahkər — cardinal number 3
  • Mwani: vitatu — cardinal number 3
  • Khiamniungan Naga: sǖmīeh — cardinal number 3
  • Classical Nahuatl: ēyi — cardinal number 3
  • Nauruan: aiju — cardinal number 3
  • Navajo: tááʼ — cardinal number 3
  • Ndom: ithin — cardinal number 3
  • Negidal: елан — cardinal number 3
  • Negidal: илан — cardinal number 3
  • Forest Nenets: няхаԓ (nyaxał) — cardinal number 3
  • Nepali: तीन (tīna) — cardinal number 3
  • Nigerian Pidgin: tre — cardinal number 3
  • Niuean: tolu — cardinal number 3
  • Nivkh: тяӄр̌ (țaqř) — cardinal number 3
  • Nogai: уьш (üş) — cardinal number 3
  • Norman: trais — cardinal number 3
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tre — cardinal number 3
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tre — cardinal number 3
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Nuosu: ꌕ (suo) — cardinal number 3
  • Nǀuu: nǃoana — cardinal number 3
  • Nǀuu: nǃoona — cardinal number 3
  • Occitan: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Odia: ତିନି (tini) — cardinal number 3
  • Northern Ohlone: kaphan — cardinal number 3
  • Southern Ohlone: capjan — cardinal number 3
  • Ojibwe: niswi — cardinal number 3
  • Okinawan: 三 (san) — cardinal number 3
  • Okinawan: 三ち (mīchi) — cardinal number 3
  • Okinawan: 三 (mī) — cardinal number 3
  • Okodia: táárʊ́ — cardinal number 3
  • Church Slavic: триѥ (trije) — cardinal number 3
  • Church Slavic: трьѥ (trĭje) — cardinal number 3
  • Church Slavic: три (tri) — cardinal number 3
  • Church Slavic: г҃ — cardinal number 3
  • Old English: þrī — cardinal number 3
  • Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰲 — cardinal number 3
  • Olukumi: ẹ̀ta — cardinal number 3
  • Olukumi: mẹ́ta — cardinal number 3
  • O'odham: vaik — cardinal number 3
  • Orok: ила̄ (ilā) — cardinal number 3
  • Oromo: sadii — cardinal number 3
  • Oscan: 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌔 (trís) — cardinal number 3
  • Ossetian: ӕртӕ (ærtæ) — cardinal number 3
  • Paicî: êrêcié — cardinal number 3
  • Pannonian Rusyn: три (tri) — cardinal number 3
  • Pannonian Rusyn: тройо (trojo) — cardinal number 3
  • Pannonian Rusyn: троме (trome) — cardinal number 3
  • Papiamentu: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Pashto: درې (dre) — cardinal number 3
  • Pashto: ٣ — cardinal number 3
  • Pennsylvania German: drei — cardinal number 3
  • Iranian Persian: سِه (se) — cardinal number 3
  • Iranian Persian: ۳ — cardinal number 3
  • Iranian Persian: سو (so) — cardinal number 3
  • Piedmontese: tre — cardinal number 3
  • Pijin: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Pipil: yey — cardinal number 3
  • Polish: trzy — cardinal number 3
  • Polish: troje — cardinal number 3
  • Polish: trójka — cardinal number 3
  • Portuguese: três — cardinal number 3
  • Powhatan: nus — cardinal number 3
  • Powhatan: nussaugh — cardinal number 3
  • Proto-Norse: ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) — cardinal number 3
  • Punjabi: ਤਿੰਨ (tinn) — cardinal number 3
  • Punjabi: تِنّ (tinn) — cardinal number 3
  • Punjabi: تْرَے (trai) — cardinal number 3
  • Purepecha: tanimu — cardinal number 3
  • Quechua: kimsa — cardinal number 3
  • Quechua: kinsa — cardinal number 3
  • Rapa Nui: ka toru — cardinal number 3
  • Rarotongan: toru — cardinal number 3
  • Rawang: shø̀m — cardinal number 3
  • Réunion Creole French: troi — cardinal number 3
  • Réunion Creole French: trwa — cardinal number 3
  • Rohingya: tin — cardinal number 3
  • Romagnol: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Romani: trin — cardinal number 3
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: triin — cardinal number 3
  • Romanian: trei — cardinal number 3
  • Romansh: trais — cardinal number 3
  • Russian: три (tri) — cardinal number 3
  • Russian: тро́е (tróje) — cardinal number 3
  • Russian: тро́йка (trójka) — cardinal number 3
  • Saho: adox — cardinal number 3
  • Inari-Sami: kulmâ — cardinal number 3
  • Northern Sami: golbma — cardinal number 3
  • Skolt-Sami: koumm — cardinal number 3
  • Southern Sami: golme — cardinal number 3
  • Samoan: tolu — cardinal number 3
  • Sanskrit: त्रि (tri) — cardinal number 3
  • Sanskrit: त्रयं (trayaṃ) — cardinal number 3
  • Santali: ᱯᱮ (pe) — cardinal number 3
  • Campidanese Sardinian: tresi — cardinal number 3
  • Sardinian: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Scots: three — cardinal number 3
  • Scottish Gaelic: trì — cardinal number 3
  • Scottish Gaelic: triùir — cardinal number 3
  • Semai: tige — cardinal number 3
  • Serbo-Croatian: три̑ — cardinal number 3
  • Serbo-Croatian: trȋ — cardinal number 3
  • Shan: သၢမ် (sǎam) — cardinal number 3
  • Sherpa: གསུམ (gsum) — cardinal number 3
  • Shor: ӱш (üş) — cardinal number 3
  • Sicilian: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Sidamo: sase — cardinal number 3
  • Sikkimese: སུམ (sum) — cardinal number 3
  • Sindhi: ٽي (ti) — cardinal number 3
  • Sinhalese: තුන (tuna) — cardinal number 3
  • Slovak: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Slovak: traja — cardinal number 3
  • Slovene: tríje — cardinal number 3
  • Slovene: trí — cardinal number 3
  • Slovincian: trzë — cardinal number 3
  • Somali: saddex — cardinal number 3
  • Soninke: síkkò — cardinal number 3
  • Lower Sorbian: tśi — cardinal number 3
  • Upper Sorbian: třo — cardinal number 3
  • Upper Sorbian: tři — cardinal number 3
  • Southeast Ijo: tirai (Akaha) — cardinal number 3
  • Spanish: tres — cardinal number 3
  • Sranan Tongo: dri — cardinal number 3
  • Sumerian: 𒁹𒁹𒁹 (eš5) — cardinal number 3
  • Sundanese: tilu — cardinal number 3
  • Swahili: tatu — cardinal number 3
  • Swazi: tsatfu — cardinal number 3
  • Swedish: tre — cardinal number 3
  • Sylheti: ꠔꠤꠘ (tin) — cardinal number 3
  • Tabasaran: шубуб (šubub) — cardinal number 3
  • Tagalog: tatlo — cardinal number 3
  • Tahitian: toru — cardinal number 3
  • Tai Dam: ꪎꪱꪣ — cardinal number 3
  • Tai Laing: ꩬꩼၢမ် — cardinal number 3
  • Tai Nüa: ᥔᥣᥛᥴ (sáam) — cardinal number 3
  • Tajik: се (se) — cardinal number 3
  • Tal: ƙún — cardinal number 3
  • Talysh: se — cardinal number 3
  • Talysh: سه (se) — cardinal number 3
  • Tamil: மூன்று (mūṉṟu) — cardinal number 3
  • Tamil: மூணு (mūṇu) — cardinal number 3
  • Tangut: 𘕕 — cardinal number 3
  • Taos: póyuo — cardinal number 3
  • Tarantino: tréde — cardinal number 3
  • Tashelhit: krad — cardinal number 3
  • Tashelhit: krat — cardinal number 3
  • Tat: sə — cardinal number 3
  • Tatar: өч (öç) — cardinal number 3
  • Tausug: tū — cardinal number 3
  • Telugu: మూడు (mūḍu) — cardinal number 3
  • Ternate: raange — cardinal number 3
  • Tetum: tolu — cardinal number 3
  • Thai: สาม (sǎam) — cardinal number 3
  • Northern Thai: ᩈᩣ᩠ᨾ — cardinal number 3
  • Tibetan: གསུམ (gsum) — cardinal number 3
  • Tidore: raange — cardinal number 3
  • Tigre: ሰለስ (säläs) — cardinal number 3
  • Tigrinya: ሰለስተ (sälästä) — cardinal number 3
  • Tlingit: nás’k — cardinal number 3
  • Tlingit: nás’gináx̱ — cardinal number 3
  • Tocharian A: tre — cardinal number 3
  • Tocharian B: trai — cardinal number 3
  • Tocharian B: trey — cardinal number 3
  • Tok Pisin: tripela — cardinal number 3
  • Tooro: -satu — cardinal number 3
  • Tooro: isatu — cardinal number 3
  • Tsuut'ina: táyk'í — cardinal number 3
  • Tumbuka: tatu — cardinal number 3
  • Tupinambá: mosapyr — cardinal number 3
  • Turkish: üç — cardinal number 3
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوچ (üç) — cardinal number 3
  • Turkmen: üç — cardinal number 3
  • Tuvaluan: tolu — cardinal number 3
  • Tuvan: үш (üş) — cardinal number 3
  • Tz'utujil: oxi — cardinal number 3
  • Udi: хиб (ꭓib) — cardinal number 3
  • Udmurt: куинь (kuiń) — cardinal number 3
  • Ukrainian: три (try) — cardinal number 3
  • Ukrainian: тро́є (tróje) — cardinal number 3
  • Ukrainian: трі́йко colloquial (tríjko) — cardinal number 3
  • Ukrainian: трі́єчко colloquial diminutive (tríječko) — cardinal number 3
  • Ukrainian: трі́йка (tríjka) — cardinal number 3
  • Uldeme: màkàr — cardinal number 3
  • Umbrian: 𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌚 (trif) — cardinal number 3
  • Unami: naxa — cardinal number 3
  • Urdu: تِین (tīn) — cardinal number 3
  • Urdu: ۳ — cardinal number 3
  • Urhobo: érha — cardinal number 3
  • Uyghur: ئۈچ (üch) — cardinal number 3
  • Uzbek: uch — cardinal number 3
  • Venetan: tre — cardinal number 3
  • Venetan: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Veps: koume — cardinal number 3
  • Vietnamese: ba — cardinal number 3
  • Vilamovian: draj — cardinal number 3
  • Volapük: kil — cardinal number 3
  • Võro: kolm — cardinal number 3
  • Votic: kõlmõd — cardinal number 3
  • Wakhi: tru — cardinal number 3
  • Walloon: troes — cardinal number 3
  • Waray-Waray: bungto — cardinal number 3
  • Welsh: tri — cardinal number 3
  • Welsh: tair — cardinal number 3
  • Winnebago: taanį — cardinal number 3
  • Wiradjuri: Bula Ngumbaay — cardinal number 3
  • Wolof: ñett — cardinal number 3
  • Xârâcùù: bachéé — cardinal number 3
  • Xhosa: thathu — cardinal number 3
  • Yagara: burla ganar — cardinal number 3
  • Yaghnobi: тирай (tiray) — cardinal number 3
  • Yakan: tellu — cardinal number 3
  • Yakut: үс (üs) — cardinal number 3
  • Yámana: matan — cardinal number 3
  • Yao (Africa): tatu — cardinal number 3
  • Yiddish: דרײַ (dray) — cardinal number 3
  • Yoruba: ẹ̀ta — cardinal number 3
  • Yoruba: ẹẹ́ta — cardinal number 3
  • Yoruba: mẹ́ta — cardinal number 3
  • Yucatec Maya: óox — cardinal number 3
  • Northern Yukaghir: йалуонь (jaluoņ) — cardinal number 3
  • Yup'ik: pingayun — cardinal number 3
  • Zaghawa: we — cardinal number 3
  • Zazaki: hirê (diq) — cardinal number 3
  • Zealandic: drie — cardinal number 3
  • Zealandic: drieë — cardinal number 3
  • Zhuang: sam — cardinal number 3
  • Zou: thum — cardinal number 3
  • Zulu: thathu — cardinal number 3
  • Zuni: ha'i — cardinal number 3
  • Bashkir: өсәү (ösəw) — describing set or group with three components
  • Bulgarian: тро́йка (trójka) — describing set or group with three components
  • Catalan: trio — describing set or group with three components
  • Dutch: trits — describing set or group with three components
  • French: trio — describing set or group with three components
  • Italian: terna — describing set or group with three components
  • Italian: trio — describing set or group with three components
  • Latgalian: treji — describing set or group with three components
  • Latgalian: trejis — describing set or group with three components
  • Lithuanian: trejeri — describing set or group with three components
  • Lithuanian: trejerios — describing set or group with three components
  • Macedonian: тројка (trojka) — describing set or group with three components
  • Polish: trójka — describing set or group with three components
  • Romanian: triplu — describing set or group with three components
  • Romanian: triplă — describing set or group with three components
  • Russian: тро́йка (trójka) — describing set or group with three components
  • Serbo-Croatian: тро́јка — describing set or group with three components
  • Serbo-Croatian: trójka — describing set or group with three components
  • Spanish: trío — describing set or group with three components
  • Tamil: மு- (mu-) — describing set or group with three components
  • Tamil: மூ- (mū-) — describing set or group with three components
  • Walloon: troejhinne — describing set or group with three components
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