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. — deniko

    ruЯ на три года младше тебя. — marafon

    deIch bin drei Jahre jünger als du. — Sudajaengi

  2. I asked each boy three questions.

    Я поставив кожному хлопцю по три запитання. — deniko

    ruЯ задал каждому из мальчиков по три вопроса. — Leopard

    deIch stellte jedem Jungen drei Fragen. — Yorwba

  3. I wrote three letters last night.

    Вчора ввечері я написав три листи. — deniko

    ruЯ написал три письма прошлой ночью. — Lenin_1917

    deIch habe gestern Abend drei Briefe geschrieben. — MUIRIEL

  4. He came home three hours later.

    Він прийшов додому за три години потому. — deniko

    ruОн пришёл домой три часа спустя. — marafon

    deDrei Stunden später kam er nach Hause. — mayabe

  5. They moved here three years ago.

    Вони переїхали сюди три роки тому. — deniko

    ruОни переехали сюда три года назад. — megaton

    deSie sind vor drei Jahren hierhin gezogen. — Dejo

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

166 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
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