English

Noun

tres ‎(plural treses)

1. (music) A three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban variant has six strings, and the Puerto Rican has nine.

Derived terms

• tresero

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trõtja, etymologically identical with Slavic *tratjǫ, *tratiti 'to spend, to waste'^[1].

Noun

tres ‎(first-person singular past tense treta, participle tretur)

1. I dissolve, digest, melt down, lose weight
2. I throw away

Derived terms

• tretje

References

1. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.464

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Numeral

tres

1. (cardinal) three

Asturian

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

tres (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) three

Usage notes

When there is possibility of confusion with the preposition tres, the numeral tres is accented as trés

Etymology 2

From Latin trāns ‎(“beyond, on the other side”).

Preposition

tres

1. behind, beyond
2. after

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛs

Numeral

tres m, f

1. (cardinal) three

Derived terms

• tenir en cap a tres quarts de quinze = be absent-minded or crazy
• en un tres i no res = very soon and quick
• buscar tres peus al gat = search for all the inconveniences

Noun

tres m ‎(plural tresos)

1. three

Danish

Etymology

Clipping of tresindstyve, from "tre +‎ sinds +‎ tyve", lit. "three into twenty".

Numeral

tres

1. (cardinal) sixty

Related terms

• tressende
• tresindstyvende

References

“tres” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tres ‎(indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) three

Interlingua

Numeral

tres

1. (cardinal) three

Kristang

Etymology

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

Numeral

tres

1. (cardinal) three

Latin

Alternative forms

• tris
• Symbol: III

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognates include Sanskrit त्रि ‎(trí), Ancient Greek τρεῖς ‎(treîs) and Old English þrēo (English three).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /treːs/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtres/, [ˈtres], [ˈtrɛs]

Cerberus canis trium capitum est (Cerberus is a three-headed dog).

Numeral

trēs m pl, f pl ‎(neuter tria); third declension

1. (cardinal) three; 3
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.450–451

     tria Cerberus extulit ora et tres latratus semel edidit

     Cerberus put forth three mouths and issued three barks at once

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Samuelis II.14.27

     nati sunt autem Absalom filii tres et filia una nomine Thamar eleganti forma

     And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance

Usage notes

See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

Declension

Third declension, no singular.

Derived terms

Related terms

• tertiārius
• tertius
• triās
• triplex

Descendants

• Aromanian: trei
• Asturian: tres
• Catalan: tres
• Dalmatian: tra
• Franco-Provençal: três
• Old French: trois
  • French: trois
  • Norman: trais
  • Walloon: troes
• Friulian: trê
• Galician: tres
• Istro-Romanian: trei
• Italian: tre
• Ladin: trei
• Ligurian: træ
• Megleno-Romanian: trei
• Neapolitan: trei
• Occitan: tres
• Portuguese: três
• Romanian: trei
• Romansch: trais
• Sardinian: tres
• Sicilian: tri
• Spanish: tres
• Venetian: tre

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• tres in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tres in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TRES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) a word with you: tribus verbis te volo
    

Middle French

Adverb

tres

1. manuscript form of trés

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tres

1. passive of tre (Etymologies 3 & 4)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tres/

Numeral

tres

1. (cardinal) three

Related terms

• trenta
• tresen

Old Provençal

Numeral

tres

1. three (3)

Papiamentu

Numeral

tres

1. (cardinal) three (3)

Portuguese

Adjective

tres

1. Obsolete spelling of três

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) trais
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) treis

Etymology

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

Number

tres

1. (Sutsilvan, cardinal) three

Sardinian

Etymology

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

Numeral

tres

1. three

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾes/

Numeral

tres

1. (cardinal) three

Related terms