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/tʁwa/

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Translation

three

Word origin

From Latin tres ('three').

Origin
Latin
Root
tres
English cognates
three, trio, triple

Examples

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We met three years ago at school.

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Give me three good reasons to turn down this offer.

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The meal had three courses: starter, main course and dessert.

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We have three children and one cat at home.

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The train leaves in three minutes, hurry up.

est le chiffre 3, invariable. Le s final est muet devant une consonne (trois maisons /tʁwa mɛzɔ̃/) et en liaison devant une voyelle se prononce /z/ : trois amis /tʁwa zami/. En position finale ou isolée : /tʁwa/.

Trois fois (three times) et tous les trois (all three of them) sont très courants. En deux temps trois mouvements (in the blink of an eye, very quickly) est une locution idiomatique. Règle de trois (rule of three, cross-multiplication) est un terme mathématique. Jamais deux sans trois (things always come in threes) est un proverbe populaire.

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This word is part of lesson 5.