Standard Lemma guide

thrice

adv · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /θɹaɪs/
  • UK: [θɾ̪̊ɑɪs]
  • US: [θɾ̪̊äɪs]
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  • rhymes with -aɪs
  • CMU ARPABET: TH R AY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Three times.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, not-comparable

Qualifier: somewhat dated outside Asia

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

three times

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I called you thrice last night

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English thrice, thries (“three times, thrice; a third time; repeated three times”), from earlier thrī, thrīe (“three times, thrice; a third time”) (from Old English þriwa, þreowa) + -es (suffix forming adverbs of time, place, and manner) (from Old English -es (suffix forming adverbs)). The word is cognate with Old Frisian thria ("thrice"; > Saterland Frisian träie (“thrice”)), Middle Low German drîes (“thrice”), Middle High German drīes, drīs (“thrice”).

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ (ṯalāṯa marrātin) — three times
  • Arabic: ثَلَاثًا (ṯalāṯan) — three times
  • Breton: teir gwech — three times
  • Bulgarian: трикратно (trikratno) — three times
  • Catalan: tres vegades — three times
  • Catalan: tres voltes — three times
  • Catalan: tres cops — three times
  • Cebuano: makatulo — three times
  • Cebuano: katulo — three times
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三次 (sān cì) — three times
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三倍 (sān bèi) — three times
  • Cornish: teyrgweyth — three times
  • Czech: třikrát — three times
  • Danish: tre gange — three times
  • Dutch: driemaal — three times
  • Dutch: driewerf — three times
  • Esperanto: trifoje — three times
  • Estonian: kolm korda — three times
  • Finnish: kolmesti — three times
  • Finnish: kolme kertaa — three times
  • Finnish: kolmasti — three times
  • French: trois fois — three times
  • Galician: tres veces — three times
  • Georgian: სამჯერ (samǯer) — three times
  • German: dreimal — three times
  • Pennsylvania German: dreimol — three times
  • Pennsylvania German: dreimols — three times
  • Greek: τρις (tris) — three times
  • Ancient Greek: τρίς (trís) — three times
  • Ancient Greek: τριάκις (triákis) — three times
  • Hebrew: פִּי שָׁלוֹשׁ (pí shalósh) — three times
  • Hebrew: שָׁלוֹשׁ פְּעָמִים (shalósh p'amím) — three times
  • Hindi: तिबारा (tibārā) — three times
  • Hindi: तिगुना (tigunā) — three times
  • Hungarian: háromszor — three times
  • Icelandic: þrisvar — three times
  • Icelandic: þrívegis — three times
  • Ido: trefoye — three times
  • Irish: trí huaire — three times
  • Italian: tre volte — three times
  • Japanese: 三回 (sankai) — three times
  • Japanese: 三度 (sando, mitabi) — three times
  • Japanese: 三倍 (sanbai) — three times
  • Korean: 세 번 (se beon) — three times
  • Latin: ter — three times
  • Low German: dreimol — three times
  • Luxembourgish: dräimol — three times
  • Macedonian: три пати (tri pati) — three times
  • Manchu: ᡳᠯᠠᠩᡤᡝᡵᡳ (ilanggeri) — three times
  • Middle English: thries — three times
  • Middle English: thrie — three times
  • Khiamniungan Naga: sāmtìam — three times
  • Classical Nahuatl: ēxpa — three times
  • Norwegian: tre ganger — three times
  • Old English: þreowa — three times
  • Polish: trzy razy — three times
  • Polish: trzykrotnie — three times
  • Polish: trzykroć — three times
  • Portuguese: três vezes — three times
  • Romanian: de trei ori — three times
  • Russian: три́жды (tríždy) — three times
  • Russian: три ра́за (tri ráza) — three times
  • Northern Sami: golbmii — three times
  • Sanskrit: त्रिस् (tris) — three times
  • Serbo-Croatian: три́пут — three times
  • Serbo-Croatian: tríput — three times
  • Slovak: trikrát — three times
  • Spanish: tres veces — three times
  • Spanish: ter — three times
  • Swedish: tre gånger — three times
  • Swedish: trefalt — three times
  • Tagalog: makaitlo — three times
  • Turkish: üç kere — three times
  • Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎍𐎘𐎛𐎄 (ṯlṯỉd) — three times
  • Ukrainian: тричі (tryči) — three times
  • Welsh: teirgwaith — three times
  • Yiddish: דרײַ מאָל (dray mol) — three times
  • Zulu: kathathu — three times