Define:Tre

Relatit: tré, trè, trẻ, and tré-

Albanie

Etymology

Frae Proto-Albanian *trei-, frae Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate tae Laitin trēs (“three”) an Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).

Pronunciation

• /tɾɛ/

Numeral

Tre

1. (cardinal) three

Related terms

• tri

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Breton

Adverb

Tre

1. verra

   Mat-tre!

   Verra guid!

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Dens

Etymology

Frae Auld Norse þrír, frae Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ f pl (þrijoz), frae Proto-Germanic *þrīz, frae Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)

Numeral

Tre

1. (cardinal) three

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Esperanto

Etymology

French très.

Pronunciation

• /tre/
• Hyphenation: tre

Adverb

Tre

1. verra

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Ido

Etymology

Frae Esperanto tre.

Adverb

Tre

1. verra

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Italian

Italian cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : Tre     Ordinal : terzo     Multiplier : triplo     Fractional : terzo

Etymology

Frae Laitin trēs, frae Proto-Italic *trēs, frae Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• /tre/
• (deprecatit uise o |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: tré

Numeral

Tre

1. (cardinal) three

Noun

Tre m (invariable)

1. three

Tre f pl

1. (follaein the airticle le) three o' clock (a.m. or p.m.)

   Sono le tre.

   It's three o'clock.

Relatit terms

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• trecentesco
• trecento, Trecento
• tredicenne
• tredicesima
• tredici
• tre Marie
• tremila
• trenta
• tre per due
• tre unità
• tri-
• trivio

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See an aa

Playin cairds in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly, joker, matta

• Appendix:Italian numbers

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Lojban

Rafsi

Tre

1. rafsi of mitre.

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Neapolitan

Etymology

Frae Laitin tres. Compare Italian tre.

Numeral

Tre

1. (cardinal) three

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Norse Bokmål

Norse Bokmål cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : Tre     Ordinal : tredje

Etymology 1

Frae Auld Norse þrír, frae Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoz) (feminine plural), frae Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately frae Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Densh an Swadish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir.

Pronunciation

• Audio 
• /tɾeː/

Numeral

Tre

1. (cardinal) three

Related terms

• tredje

Derived terms

• tredel
• tredimensjonal
• trefase

• trekant
• treveis
• treåring

Etymology 2

Frae Auld Norse tré. The plurals trær an trærne are derived frae Dens.

Pronunciation

• Audio 
• /tɾeː/

Noun

Tre n (definite singular treet, indefinite plural tre or trær, definite plural trea or trærne)

1. a tree
2. wid

   Dette bordet er lagd av tre.

   This table is made o wid.

Derived terms

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• balltre
• bartre
• eiketre
• epletre
• frukttre
• juletre
• oliventre
• palmetre
• penger vokser ikke på trær
• stamtre
• trearbeid
• treblåseinstrument
• treblåser
• tregrense
• trehus
• trekull
• treløs
• tremasse
• tresko
• tresleiv
• tresnitt
• trestamme
• treverk

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Etymology 3

Frae Middle Low German treden

Verb

Tre (imperative tre, present tense trer, passive tres, simple past trådte, past participle trådt, present participle tredende)

1. tae step (in, out etc.), tae tread

   [(Qmilitar)] Tre av! - Dismissed!

   [(Qlegislation etc.)] tre i kraft - come intae effect, come intae force

Derived terms

• fratre
• opptre
• overtre

Etymology 4

Frae tråd

Alternative forms

• træ

Verb

Tre (imperative tre, present tense trer, passive tres, simple past tredde, past participle tredd)

1. tae threid

   tre en nål ― threid a needle

References

• “Tre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norse Nynorsk

Norse Nynorsk cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : Tre

Pronunciation

• /treː/
• Audio 

Etymology 1

Frae Auld Norse þrír, frae Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoz) (feminine plural), frae Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately frae Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Dens an Swadish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir, Inglis three.

Alternative forms

• tri (bracket form, defunct)

Numeral

Tre

1. (cardinal) three

Derived terms

• tredel
• tredimensjonal
• trefase

• trekant
• treåring

Etymology 2

Frae Auld Norse tré. Akin tae Inglis tree

Noun

Tre n (definite singular treet, indefinite plural Tre, definite plural trea)

1. a tree

   Trea i skogen var gamle.

   The trees in the forest war auld.

2. wid

Derived terms

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• balltre
• bartre
• eiketre
• epletre
• frukttre
• joletre
• juletre
• oliventre
• palmetre
• stamtre
• trearbeid
• treblåseinstrument
• tregrense
• trehus
• tremasse
• tresko
• tresleiv
• tresnitt
• trestamme
• treverk

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Etymology 3

Frae Middle Low German treden. Akin tae Inglis tread

Verb

Tre (present tense [[trer#Norwegian Nynorsk|trer]]; past tense [[tredde#Norwegian Nynorsk|tredde]]; past participle [[tredd or trett#Norwegian Nynorsk|tredd or trett]]; passive infinitive Trast; present participle Trande; imperative Tr)

1. (military) tae step (in, oot etc.)

   Tre av!

   Dismissed!

References

• “Tre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Novial

Adverb

Tre

1. verra

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Romanie

Etymology

Short form o trebuie

Pronunciation

• [tre]

Verb

Tre

1. (informal) third-person seengular present tense form o trebui.

Synonyms

• trebe
• trebie
• trebuie

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Scots Gaelic

Etymology

Frae Old Irish trí (“through”), frae Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂- (zero-grade form) o *terh₂- (“to pass through”).

Preposition

Tre

1. throu, bi means o

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Swadish

Swadish cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : Tre     Ordinal : tredje

Etymology

Frae Old Swedish þrir, þrī, frae Auld Norse þrír, frae Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoz) (feminine plural), frae Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately frae Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Norse and Danish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir.

Pronunciation

• /treː/
• audio 
• (deprecatit uise o |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -eː

Numeral

Tre

1. (cardinal) three

Synonyms

• trenne (archaic)

Related terms

• trea
• tredje

See also

• noll, ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio, elva, tolv

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Tocharian A

Etymology

Frae Proto-Tocharian [Term?], frae Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate wi Tocharian B trey, trai.

Numeral

Tre

1. (cardinal) three

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Frae Proto-Vietic *k-lɛː

Pronunciation

Noun

(clessifee'r cây) Tre

1. bamboo

Relatit terms

• trúc
• nứa

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• /treː/

Noun

Tre f (plural trefi)

1. (deprecatit uise o |lang= parameter) Alternative form of tref

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	saft	nasal	aspirate
Tre	Dre	Nhre	Thre
Note: Some o thir forms mey be hypothetical. Nae ivery possible mutatit form o ivery wird actually occurs.