Meaning

5 senses
  1. The digit/figure 3.

    Drei

    тро́йкаtrójka

    трі́йкаtríjka

  2. Anything measuring three units, as length.

    Put all the threes in a separate container.

  3. 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.

  4. The playing card featuring three pips.

    one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips

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

Examples

12785 sentences
  1. I'm three years younger than you.

    Я на три роки молодший від тебе.

    ruЯ на три года младше тебя.

    deIch bin drei Jahre jünger als du.

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  2. I asked each boy three questions.

    Я поставив кожному хлопцю по три запитання.

    ruЯ задал каждому из мальчиков по три вопроса.

    deIch stellte jedem Jungen drei Fragen.

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  3. I wrote three letters last night.

    Вчора ввечері я написав три листи.

    ruЯ написал три письма прошлой ночью.

    deIch habe gestern Abend drei Briefe geschrieben.

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  4. He came home three hours later.

    Він прийшов додому за три години потому.

    ruОн пришёл домой три часа спустя.

    deDrei Stunden später kam er nach Hause.

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  5. They moved here three years ago.

    Вони переїхали сюди три роки тому.

    ruОни переехали сюда три года назад.

    deSie sind vor drei Jahren hierhin gezogen.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
digit/figure 3:
Русский
By meaning 1
digit/figure 3:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
digit/figure 3:

Origin

From Middle English thre, threo, thrie, thri, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West German

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.

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Forms

plural: threes
Singularthree
Pluralthrees

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

168 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • three years
  • three days days
  • three times times
  • three years ago
  • three hours
  • for three years
  • three days
  • three months
  • three hundred dollars
  • least least three
  • three weeks
  • three years old

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
three — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto