three

threes (plural)
thre (alternative)
þree (alternative)
threy (alternative)
thrie (alternative)

PIE word
 *tréyes
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.
Cognate with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian երեք (erekʻ), Latin trēs, Latvian trīs, Lithuanian trỹs, Greek τρεῖς (treîs), Old Church Slavonic трьѥ (trĭje), and others.

shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations

It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three.

1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Three Investigators Come across a Dark Soul”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:


three

From Middle English thre, from Old English þriē, þrī, þreō, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


trillion

→ Welsh: triliwn

Borrowed from French trillion, from French tri- (“three”) + -illion, equivalent to tri- + -illion.

biljoen

a million million, 1012 — see also billion

تِرِيلِْيُون

a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion

Javik: Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. Their silence is your answer.

2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:

Data published by the Treasury Department showed that “total public debt outstanding” rose to $34.001 trillion on December 29.

2024 January 3, Hanna Ziady and Tami Luhby, “US national debt hits record $34 trillion”, in CNN:

As President Donald Trump prepares to order the dismantling of the Department of Education, the financial arm of the agency – which makes loans directly to borrowers and manages trillions of dollars in student debt – faces an uncertain future, with steep staff cuts and lack of communication exacerbating the uncertainty, according to interviews with more than a dozen current and former department employees.

2025 March 7, Kayla Tausche, “Dismantling of Education Department puts future of trillions of dollars in student loans in question”, in CNN:

(US, modern British, Australia, short scale) A million (times a) million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹².

(dated British, Australia, long scale) A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.


trillion

Coined by Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score.

(basketball, slang) A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats.


third

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

The third tree from the left is my favorite.

The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]

2012 October 8, Daniel W. Patterson, The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 141:

“Congress took the lead on putting the HBCU funding in those bills and passing them. The third COVID-19 bill, passed under President Biden, included as much funding for HBCUs as both of the first two Covid-19 bills under President Trump,” he said.

2024 July 1, Chandelis Duster, “Biden and Trump touted what they’ve done for HBCUs at CNN’s debate. Here’s what their records show”, in CNN:

The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

derde

the ordinal form of the cardinal number three — see also 3rd

trois

in names of monarchs and popes; after the name; abbreviation III

𐰇𐰲𐰨

üčnč /üčünč/


thirteen

From Middle English thirttene, variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun, compound of *þrīz (“three”) + *tehun (“teen”). Cognate with West Frisian trettjin, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn, Danish tretten. Equivalent to three + -teen.

There are thirteen cards of each of the four suits in a deck of playing cards.

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]

1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:

In the spring of 1857, I, with several friends, left Hongkong for Shanghai, viâ Foochow, in the small coasting steamer Antelope. No noteworthy incident occurred until after leaving Foochow when, as we were enjoying our after dinner coffee and cigars, and by chance discussing the question of thirteen sitting down at table that had occurred at a dinner at which one of the party had shortly before been present, a violent thump and tremulous motion of the vessel announced the unpleasant fact that we had struck upon something. We rushed on deck and found the steamer hard and fast on a reef near Matsu Island. Fortunately the day was fine and there was no sea on.

1890 February 28, W. S. Wetmore, “RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE IN CHINA IN THE FIFTIES.”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XLIV, number 1178, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 256, column 1:

In the summer of 2014, at least thirteen BTGs and elements of five SPETSNAZ units were poised on the Ukrainian border.³⁶

2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 42:

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIII and in Arabic numerals as 13.

dertien

the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen


triangle

/ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/

/ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/

/ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, noun use of adjective triangulus (“three-cornered, having three angles”), from trēs (“three”) + angulus (“corner, angle”), equivalent to tri- + angle.

The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 22:

(geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.

(systemics) The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.

I was flogged in 1840. To this day I feel a pain in the chest from the triangles.

1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:

But nothing is said as to what we are to do with the negro when we have cut him off from absolute dominion; we are not informed if we may spread him on the triangles as aforetime;

1868, “The Week”, in The Nation, volume 6, number 149:

(historical, usually in the plural) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.

After turning on the triangle at Jeumont, we set off light engine back to Aulnoye.

1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147:

(rail transport) A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.


triangle

Borrowed from Latin triangulum. By surface analysis, tri- + angle.

(music) triangle (percussion instrument)


thirty

From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thriti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þrītiġ (“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz (“thirty”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three + -ty. Cognate with Scots therty, tretty (“thirty”), West Frisian tritich (“thirty”), Dutch dertig (“thirty”), German dreißig (“thirty”).

inh

threety (alternative)
thirtie (alternative)
XXX (alternative)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:thirty.

The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.


tree

From Old Irish trí, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


TLA

en-noun

TLA (countable and uncountable, plural TLAs)

(US, humorous, countable) Initialism of 3-letter agency: the CIA, FBI, NSA, etc.

(organic chemistry, uncountable) Initialism of trilaurylamine.


ba

From Proto-Vietic *paː, from Proto-Austroasiatic *peːʔ (“three”). Cognate with Muong pa, Khmer បី (bəy), Halang pe, Pacoh pe, Mon ပိ, Santali ᱯᱮ (pe).

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三

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (三):
* → Japanese: 三(さん) (san)
* → Korean: 삼(三) (sam)
* → Vietnamese: tam (三)

→ Proto-Tai: *saːmᴬ (“three”)

Lao: ສາມ (sām)

Thai: สาม (sǎam)

Zhuang: sam

Characters in the same phonetic series (三) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Ideogram (指事) - three parallel strokes. Compare with 一, one stroke meaning “one”, 二, two strokes meaning “two”, and 亖, four strokes meaning “four”.
Triplication of 一 (“one”). See also 畺. Unrelated to 丰.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum.
Pronunciation in Early Middle Chinese should be *srim, but actually is *sam, with a non-retroflex initial consonant. This irregular development should be due by analogy with the initial of number four in EMC, *sijH.

Han etyl

叄/叁/參/参
𠫰/𠬅/𠬄
弎
𢦘


三

三猿

see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; three monkeys

三大都市

three major cities (usu. Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya)


三

Borrowing from Mandarin 三 (sān), with the pitch accent different from etymology 1.


三

⟨mi₁⟩ → /mi/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *mi.
Likely an apophonic form of 六 (mu, “six”), compare 四 (yo, “four”) with 八 (ya, “eight”).

一、二、三、四、[…]


三

ja-pos

三(みい) • (mī)

一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十

hī, fū, mī, yō, itsu, mū, nā, yā, kō, tō

one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten


氚

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 气 (“gas”) + 川 (“three”). Also a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声), where 川 (chuān) acts as the phonetic component. Compare 氕 (“protium”) and 氘 (“deuterium”).
From 川 (chuān) from the glyph, possibly influenced by New Latin tritium.


τρία

head

τρία • (tría) n (masculine and feminine τρεις)

tría (romanization)
τρεις (feminine masculine)
τρεις (masculine nominative)
τρεις (feminine nominative)
τρία (neuter nominative)
τριών (genitive masculine)
τριών (feminine genitive)
τριών (genitive neuter)
τρεις (accusative masculine)
τρεις (accusative feminine)
τρία (accusative neuter)

Τροία (Troía)

From Ancient Greek τρία (tría), neuter form of τρεῖς (treîs), from Proto-Hellenic *tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Compare Mariupol Greek три́я (tríja).


tres

Inherited from Old Spanish tres (“three”), from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

inh+

“No… aspera…tengo aínda sesh… sinko…tres…dos… mezes para arivar a sesenta anyos. No mires ke tengo los kaveyos blankos!”

2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar, page 417:

“No… wait… I still have six… five… three… two… months before I am sixty years old. Don’t look [at me like] I have grey hair!”


trois

Haitian Creole: twa

Louisiana Creole: trò, trwa

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Italic *trēs
Latin trēs
Old French trois
Middle French troys
French trois
Inherited from Old French trois, treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


trois

desctree

Middle French: troys
French: trois
Haitian Creole: twa
Louisiana Creole: trò, trwa

Norman: trais

Walloon: troes

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Italic *trēs
Latin trēs
Old French trois
From Latin trēs.

etymon

treis (alternative)
troys (alternative)
troi (alternative)


cubic

From Middle French cubique, equivalent to cube + -ic.

cubic cleavage

(crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.

مُكَعَّب

having three equal axes and all angles 90°


cubic

cubics (plural)
cubick (alternative obsolete)


thrice

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English thrice, thries (“three times, thrice; a third time; repeated three times”), from earlier thrī, thrīe (“three times, thrice; a third time”) (from Old English þriwa, þreowa) + -es (suffix forming adverbs of time, place, and manner) (from Old English -es (suffix forming adverbs)). The word is cognate with Old Frisian thria ("thrice"; > Saterland Frisian träie (“thrice”)), Middle Low German drîes (“thrice”), Middle High German drīes, drīs (“thrice”).

gloss

"thrice"; > Saterland Frisian <i class="Latn mention" lang="stq">träie</i> (“thrice”)

Thrice ore the caddow I mine armes outſpred: / Thrice did I fall, before I once could riſe: / Leaning vpon mine elbow for a reſt, / Nodding, I knockt my chin againſt my breſt. // Then ſigh’d, ſlipt downe, and twixt the ſheete and pillow / I nuzled in, joyn’d knees and chin together: / I dream’d I wore a garland of greene willow. / But ſnuffling low, I prickt me with a fether; / So wakt, the bolſter for my backe I choſe, / And yawning thrice, I rub’d mine eyes and roſe.

1601, Io[hn] Weeuer [i.e., John Weever], The Mirror of Martyrs, or The Life and Death of that Thrice Valiant Captaine, and Most Godly Martyre Sir Iohn Old-castle Knight Lord Cobham, [London]: Printed by V[alentine] S[immes] for William Wood, →OCLC:

The weyward Siſters, hand in hand, / Poſters of the Sea and Land, / Thus doe goe, about, about, / Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, / And thrice againe, to make vp nine, / Peace, the Charme’s wound vp.

c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 132, column 1:

And the second time the cocke crew : and Peter called to minde the word that Jesus ſaid unto him, Before the cocke crow twiſe, thou ſhalt denie me thriſe. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 14:72:

How far might I have been on my way by this time! I am made to tread thoſe ſteps thrice over, which I needed not to have trod but once: Yea, now alſo I am like to be benighted, for the day is almoſt ſpent.

1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 47:

Once, twice, thrice, I met Young Lubin on the Green, / once, twice, thrice, Young Lubin he met me, / the firſt time I beheld the Lad he made a humble bow, / I bluſh'd and hung my ſilly head and felt I don't know how, […]

[1805?], [James] Hook, Once, Twice, Thrice, Sung with Great Applause by Mrs. Bland at Vauxhall Gardens, London: Printed for J. Dale, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, pages 4–5:

Roger Wildrake, also, who had twice or thrice put to his eyes what remained of a kerchief, interested by the lady's evident distress, though unable to comprehend the mysterious cause, hastened to assist the divine in supporting so fair a burthen.

1826, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC, page 107:

And then he [Bedivere] threw the sword into the water as far as he might, and there came an arm and a hand above the water, and met it and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished. And then the hand vanished away with the sword in the water.

1918, Thomas Malory, “The Sword Excalibur”, in William Patten, compiler, Heroes and Heroines of Chivalry (The Junior Classics; IV), New York, N.Y.: P[eter] F[enelon] Collier & Son Corporation, →OCLC, page 29:

Seven hours after giving birth […] Kate [Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge] gave the world a first glimpse of their third child, a new Prince of Cambridge. […] Minutes after the brief photocall, the couple headed home with William [the Duke of Cambridge] emerging with his son in a car seat and holding Kate’s hand. “Thrice the worry now,” a smiling William said, holding up three fingers.

2018 April 24, Richard Palmer, “Royal baby: ‘Thrice the worry now!’: Prince William captures the reality of parenthood”, in The Sunday Express, London, archived from the original on 2018-06-15:

In his young Major League career, Paul Skenes has thrice pitched at least eight innings. In those three outings, he allowed a total of four runs and struck out at least eight batters all three times.

2025 June 4, Alex Stumpf, “'Win or Lose,' Skenes out to control what he can control”, in MLB:

(somewhat dated outside Asia, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) Three times.


pa

From Proto-Vietic *paː; cognate with Vietnamese ba.


tri

head

tri m (feminine form teyr, triggers aspirate mutation)

teyr (feminine)
tri (unmutated)
dri (soft)
thri
try (alternative)
trei (alternative)

From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


tri

Borrowed from Russian три (tri), Latin trēs, English three, etc., all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


drie

Afrikaans: drie

Berbice Creole Dutch: dri

Jersey Dutch: drî

Negerhollands: drie, dri

Skepi Creole Dutch: dri

desctree

Sranan Tongo: dri
Aukan: dii
Saramaccan: dií

→ Trió: tëri_me

From Middle Dutch drie, from Old Dutch thrie, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Hier komen drie wegen samen.

De genodigden arriveerden iets voor drieën.

The invitees arrived just before three [o' clock].

Ze gingen met zijn drieën naar de supermarkt.

The three of them went to the supermarket.


III

iii (alternative)
IIJ (alternative nonstandard)
iij (alternative nonstandard)
IIV (alternative nonstandard)
iiv (alternative nonstandard)
III. (alternative numeral ordinal)

“The Budget does not include funding for the Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP). SIP is duplicative of other Title III and V program funding for institutional support activities.

2017 May 23, Gregory Krieg and Will Mullery, “Trump’s budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why”, in CNN (in English):

(inorganic chemistry) Specifying an oxidation state of 3


A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ३ (3)), from a cursive form of three lines to represent the number three. See 3 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.

Spanning 3 ½ hours, director Alex Gibney spends a bit too much time on Simon today, but it’s still a fitting tribute to a talent who, to quote his song, went looking for America, and had America and indeed the world find him in return.

2024 March 15, Brian Lowry, “‘In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon’ will leave you feeling groovy”, in CNN (in English):

A digit in the decimal system of numbering, as well as octal, and hexadecimal.

(phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 3, typically identified with dark rising yin shang (陰上). May be identified with departing qu tone (去) if the yin–yang distinction is not made.


thirtieth

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From earlier thirteth, from Middle English thrittithe, threttiþe, thrittyde, from Old English þrītigoþa; equivalent to thirty + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.

dertigste

the ordinal form of the number thirty — see also 30th


trial

From Latin tri- (stem of trēs (“three”)) + -al, on the pattern of dual.

Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.


tricycle

A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.


tern

PIE word
 *tréyes
The noun is derived from Late Middle English terne (“throw of a die or dice showing the number three”), from Old French terne (“gathering of three people; trinity”) (modern French terne), from Latin ternās, the accusative feminine plural of ternī (“three each; three at a time”), from ter (“thrice”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + -ī (from -us (suffix forming adjectives)).
The adjective is either derived from the noun, or directly from Latin ternī (“three each; three at a time”); see above.

der

tern flowers    tern leaves

a tern schooner, one with three masts

(chiefly botany, rare) Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple.


drei

From Middle High German and Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Dutch drie, English three, Danish tre.

drey (alternative obsolete)
Drei (alternative)

Wenn also diese Küsse zu dem letzten
 Gerechnet werden, ist die Summe drei,
 Wie aller guten Dinge dreie sind.

1845, Carl von Holtei, Theater. In einem Bande, Breslau, page 370:

(cardinal number) three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements)


trimester

PIE word
 *tréyes
From French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (“of three months”), from trēs (“three”) + mensis (“month”).

The school operates on a trimester schedule.

One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.


trio

PIE word
 *tréyes
1715-25; borrowing from Italian trio.

I'm cooking crab cakes with arugula and mayonnaise, griddled lamb with rosemary potatoes and buttered spinach, then a trio of desserts.

2015, Kate Hardy, Bachelor at Her Bidding:

These are exciting times for England and particularly for this group. Six of this side won the Under-17s European Championship in 2014 and the attacking trio from Everton and Liverpool – Ademola Lookman, Dominic Solanke and Calvert-Lewin – had an excellent tournament.

2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian:

I love his music, but it is a bit disconcerting to realize that you could die in extreme old age and still only be familiar with a mere handful of the baryton trios.

2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 281:

(music) A piece of music written for three musicians.

trio

a piece of music written for three musicians

Any cocktail made with a spirit, a liqueur, and a creamy ingredient.


trio

nl-noun

trio n (plural trio's, diminutive triootje n)

trio's (plural)
triootje (diminutive neuter)

De Duitse band Trio was geen trio.

The German band Trio was not a menage a trois.

menage a trois, threesome (sex act, three people having sex together)


trio

trio (nominative singular)
tria (nominative plural)
tria (genitive singular)
triów (genitive plural)
triu (dative singular)
triom (dative plural)
trio (accusative singular)
tria (accusative plural)
triem (instrumental singular)
triami (instrumental plural)
triu (locative singular)
triach (locative plural)
trio (singular vocative)
tria (plural vocative)

(music) trio (piece of music written for three musicians)


trilogy

/ˈtɹɪləd͡ʒi/

PIE word
 *tréyes
Learned borrowing from Latin trilogia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τριλογία (trilogía, “trilogy”). Morphologically, from tri- + -logy.

der

That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.

2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club:

Daisy Ridley has reawakened the debate over “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s” biggest reveal, saying that the character of Rey’s lineage wasn’t clear to her even partway through filming the final chapter of the trilogy.

2020 September 9, Brian Lowry, “Daisy Ridley reawakens the ‘Star Wars’ debate over Rey’s lineage”, in CNN:

A set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.


ter

From earlier terr, from Old Latin *tris, from Proto-Italic *tris, from Proto-Indo-European *trís. Cognate with Ancient Greek τρίς (trís, “thrice”).

Ter sēsē attollēns cubitōque adnīxa levāvit,

29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.690-691

Lifting herself three times, [Dido] had tried to raise upon her elbow, and thrice she had rolled back upon the bed ….

‘ter voluī prōmittere opem, ter lingua retenta est:

“Thrice I wanted to promise help, thrice [my] tongue was stayed:
the anger of mighty Jupiter was the reason for [my] fear.”
(The poetic voice is that of Flora.)

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson ter iam primarius minister Islandiae electus est.

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has been elected as the president of Iceland for a third time.

Stant ārae circum, et crīnēs effūsa sacerdōs
ter centum tonat ōre deōs, Erebumque Chaosque,

29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.509–511

Altars are standing all around [the pyre], and the priestess — with her hair flowing — thunders from her lips thrice a hundred gods’ [names]: Erebus and Chaos, triform Hecate, [and] the three faces of virgin Diana.
(The priestess who invokes “ter centum” deities may be calling three hundred gods, 100 gods three times, or “hundreds of” or “a great many,” and some of the named gods have tri-part symbolism. Threes have special significance in myth, folklore and ritual; see: Lease, Emory B., The Number Three, Mysterious, Mystic, Magic. Classical Philology, Jan., 1919, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 56-73.)

tergeminamque Hecatēn, tria virginis ōra Diānae.

three as understood symbolically in a cultural context


three-point shot

en-noun

three-point shot (plural three-point shots)

(basketball) A shot attempted from beyond the three-point line.


tripod

PIE word
 *tréyes
Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy.

Recent cell phones offer tripod attachments to take steady photographs.

(science fiction) A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).


tripod

en-verb

tripod (third-person singular simple present tripods, present participle tripoding, simple past and past participle tripoded)

tripods (present singular third-person)
tripoding (participle present)
tripoded (participle past)
tripoded (past)

I tripodded after my 6-mile run.

(intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.

приня́ть по́зу трено́жника

(intransitive) to enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress

(entomology, intransitive) Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.


treble

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English treble, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus. Doublet of triple.

As for City, a domestic treble is off the cards and they must haul themselves off the floor quickly with the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie against Barcelona on Wednesday.

2014 March 9, Jacob Steinberg, “Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals”, in The Guardian:

(sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.

(soccer) A win in the top league, top national cup and top continental cup in the same season.


treble

treble (third-person singular simple present trebles, present participle trebling, simple past and past participle trebled)

trebles (present singular third-person)
trebling (participle present)
trebled (participle past)
trebled (past)

There is increasing evidence that cannabis use can act as a risk factor for the development of bipolar as well as psychotic disorders. A recent systematic review by Gibbs and colleagues identified several studies supporting a link between cannabis use and subsequent relapse of manic symptoms. This review also included a meta-analysis of two large prospective cohort studies, which found that cannabis use almost trebled the risk of new-onset subthreshold manic symptoms after adjusting for potential confounding factors.

2018 April 26, Tobias A Rowland, Steven Marwaha, “Epidemiology and risk factors for bipolar disorder”, in Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, volume 8, number 9, →DOI, pages 251–269:

German climate minister says speed of carbon cuts needs to be trebled [title]

2022 January 11, Kate Connolly, “German climate minister says speed of carbon cuts needs to be trebled”, in The Guardian:

(transitive, dated) To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.


kolme

kolme (nominative singular)
kolmet (nominative plural)
kolmen (genitive singular)
kolmien (genitive plural)
kolmea (partitive singular)
kolmia (partitive plural)
kolme (accusative singular)
kolmen (accusative singular)
kolmet (accusative plural)
kolmia (lative singular)
kolmessa (inessive singular)
kolmissa (inessive plural)
kolmesta (elative singular)
kolmista (elative plural)
kolmeen (illative singular)
kolmiin (illative plural)
kolmesti (multiplicative singular)
kolmasti (*) (multiplicative singular)
kolmella (adessive singular)
kolmilla (adessive plural)
kolmittain (distributive)
kolmelta (ablative singular)
kolmilta (ablative plural)
kolmisin (distributive temporal)
kolmelle (allative singular)
kolmille (allative plural)
kolmena (essive singular)
kolmina (essive plural)
kolmeksi (singular translative)
kolmiksi (plural translative)
kolmetta (abessive singular)
kolmitta (abessive plural)
kolmen (instructive singular)
kolmin (instructive plural)
kolmine (comitative plural)
kolome (alternative dialectal pronunciation-spelling)

From Proto-Finnic *kolmë(t), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolme. Cognates include Estonian kolm, Erzya колмо (kolmo), Northern Khanty хәԯум (həłum), Northern Mansi хӯрум (hūrum) and Hungarian három.


kolme

From Proto-Finnic *kolmë(t). Cognates include Finnish kolme and Estonian kolm.


tri-

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Latin tri- (“three”) and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”).


tri-

Internationalism (see English tri-), ultimately from Latin tri-.


tri-

Ultimately from Latin tri- and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”).


tri-

From Malay tri-, from tri, from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


tri-

English: tri-

Combining form of trēs (“three”, cardinal numeral).


tri-

From tri, from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


trigon

en-noun

trigon (countable and uncountable, plural trigons)

From Ancient Greek τρίγωνον (trígōnon, “triangle”), neuter substantive of τρίγωνος (trígōnos, “three-sided”), from τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + γωνία (gōnía, “bend, angle”). Equivalent to tri- + -gon. Doublet of trigone and trigonon.

der

(countable, historical, music) An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca.

The Cancer trigon is composed of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces

(countable, astrology) A division consisting of three star signs.

(uncountable, historical) An old ball game played by three people standing in a triangular formation. See Wikipedia's entry for the game)


triliteral

From tri- (“three”) + Latin litera (“letter”) + -al.

A word root in an Afroasiatic language that consists of three letters.


triad

→ Ukrainian: тріа́да (triáda)

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Latin triad-, stem of trias (“three, triad”), from Ancient Greek τριάς (triás).
Sense 3 (“branch of a Chinese underground criminal society”) is due to the word being applied by the British authorities to underground society in Hong Kong based on the geometry of the Chinese character, derived from a name used by some of those societies, 三合會 /三合会 (sānhéhuì, “Three Harmonies Society”), referring to the union between heaven, earth, and humanity.

There are, says the Irish triad, 'three fewnesses that are better than plenty: a fewness of fine words; a fewness of cows on grass; a fewness of good friends around good ale'. As an Ulsterman I would agree.

2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, page 625:

In his general deportment he was pompous and important, affecting a species of florid elocution, which often became ridiculous from his misarranging the triads and quaternions with which he loaded his sentences.

1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter 13, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:

(electronics) On a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.

(music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale OR any chord with three notes.


try

From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


trinity

From trine + -ity, from Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern French trinité), from Latin trīnitās, from trīni (“three each”), from trēs (“three”). Displaced native Old English þrines (literally “threeness”).

ncog

The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.


셋

set (romanization)
싯 (alternative)
서 (alternative)
석 (alternative)
세 (alternative)

Of native Jeju origin. Cognate with Korean 셋 (set).


셋

Alexander Vovin
Jilin leishi
Middle Chinese

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 셓〯 (Yale: sěyh). A form similar to the Middle Korean is first attested in the twelfth-century Jilin leishi, which gives the Korean word for "three" as */sai/.
Beyond the Leishi, the reconstruction of the ancestral Koreanic root for "three" is difficult, although Alexander Vovin (Vovin 2010, p. 180) posits Proto-Koreanic *seki as the direct antecedent (via metathesis) of Middle Korean sěyh, on the strength of the Middle Korean form 석〯 (Yale: sěk, “three”, determiner form taken before certain classifiers). See a list of relevant attestations and forms in Appendix:Historical Koreanic numerals#Three.

okm-inline

(native numeral) three (independently, without a classifier)

서

seo, determiner before certain words, fossilized

석

seok, determiner before certain words, fossilized


triskelion

en-noun

triskelion (plural triskelions or triskelia)

Coined c. 1881, as a diminutive of triskeles, specifically in numismatics to refer to minuscule forms of the symbol found on ancient coins. No direct derivation from Katharevousa τρισκέλιον (triskélion, “three-legged stool; rule of three, analogy”).

Sicily and the Isle of Man use triskelia as their emblems.

A figure composed of three interlocked spirals (or three bent human legs), with threefold rotational symmetry.

三曲腳圖 /三曲脚图

figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs


triskelion

nl-noun

triskelion n (plural triskelions, diminutive triskelionnetje n)

triskelions (plural)
triskelionnetje (diminutive neuter)

triskelion; a figure composed of three interlocked spirals (or three bent human legs), with threefold rotational symmetry


trireme

From Latin trirēmis, from tri- + rēmus (“oar”).

(history, nautical, archaic) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.


trireme

Borrowed from Latin trirēmis, from tri- + rēmus (“oar”).


Terz

Terz (genitive)
Terzen (plural)
Terz (nominative singular)
Terzen (definite nominative plural)
Terz (genitive singular)
Terzen (definite genitive plural)
Terz (dative singular)
Terzen (dative definite plural)
Terz (accusative singular)
Terzen (accusative definite plural)

(music) A third; an interval of 3 (kleine Terz, minor third) or 4 (große Terz, major third) semitones.


tři

tři (nominative plural)
tří (genitive plural)
třech (colloquial genitive plural)
třem (dative plural)
tři (accusative plural)
tři (plural vocative)
třech (locative plural)
třemi (instrumental plural)
třema (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Old Czech třie, tři, from Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

inverted: jednadvacetseparate: dvacet jedna

inverted: dvaadvacetseparate: dvacet dva

inverted: třiadvacetseparate: dvacet tři

inverted: čtyřiadvacetseparate: dvacet čtyři

inverted: pětadvacetseparate: dvacet pět

inverted: šestadvacetseparate: dvacet šest

inverted: sedmadvacetseparate: dvacet sedm

inverted: osmadvacetseparate: dvacet osm

inverted: devětadvacetseparate: dvacet devět

inverted: jednatřicetseparate: třicet jedna

inverted: dvaatřicetseparate: třicet dva

inverted: třiatřicetseparate: třicet tři

inverted: čtyřiatřicetseparate: třicet čtyři

inverted: pětatřicetseparate: třicet pět

inverted: šestatřicetseparate: třicet šest

inverted: sedmatřicetseparate: třicet sedm

inverted: osmatřicetseparate: třicet osm

inverted: devětatřicetseparate: třicet devět

inverted: jednačtyřicetseparate: čtyřicet jedna

inverted: dvaačtyřicetseparate: čtyřicet dva

inverted: třiačtyřicetseparate: čtyřicet tři

inverted: čtyřiačtyřicetseparate: čtyřicet čtyři

inverted: pětačtyřicetseparate: čtyřicet pět

inverted: šestačtyřicetseparate: čtyřicet šest

inverted: sedmačtyřicetseparate: čtyřicet sedm

inverted: osmačtyřicetseparate: čtyřicet osm

inverted: devětačtyřicetseparate: čtyřicet devět

inverted: jednapadesátseparate: padesát jedna

inverted: dvaapadesátseparate: padesát dva

inverted: třiapadesátseparate: padesát tři

inverted: čtyřiapadesátseparate: padesát čtyři

inverted: pětapadesátseparate: padesát pět

inverted: šestapadesátseparate: padesát šest

inverted: sedmapadesátseparate: padesát sedm

inverted: osmapadesátseparate: padesát osm

inverted: devětapadesátseparate: padesát devět

inverted: jednašedesátseparate: šedesát jedna

inverted: dvaašedesátseparate: šedesát dva

inverted: třiašedesátseparate: šedesát tři

inverted: čtyřiašedesátseparate: šedesát čtyři

inverted: pětašedesátseparate: šedesát pět

inverted: šestašedesátseparate: šedesát šest

inverted: sedmašedesátseparate: šedesát sedm

inverted: osmašedesátseparate: šedesát osm

inverted: devětašedesátseparate: šedesát devět

inverted: jednasedmdesátseparate: sedmdesát jedna

inverted: dvaasedmdesátseparate: sedmdesát dva

inverted: třiasedmdesátseparate: sedmdesát tři

inverted: čtyřiasedmdesátseparate: sedmdesát čtyři

inverted: pětasedmdesátseparate: sedmdesát pět

inverted: šestasedmdesátseparate: sedmdesát šest

inverted: sedmasedmdesátseparate: sedmdesát sedm

inverted: osmasedmdesátseparate: sedmdesát osm

inverted: devětasedmdesátseparate: sedmdesát devět

inverted: jednaosmdesátseparate: osmdesát jedna

inverted: dvaaosmdesátseparate: osmdesát dva

inverted: třiaosmdesátseparate: osmdesát tři

inverted: čtyřiaosmdesátseparate: osmdesát čtyři

inverted: pětaosmdesátseparate: osmdesát pět

inverted: šestaosmdesátseparate: osmdesát šest

inverted: sedmaosmdesátseparate: osmdesát sedm

inverted: osmaosmdesátseparate: osmdesát osm

inverted: devětaosmdesátseparate: osmdesát devět

inverted: jednadevadesátseparate: devadesát jedna

inverted: dvaadevadesátseparate: devadesát dva

inverted: třiadevadesátseparate: devadesát tři

inverted: čtyřiadevadesátseparate: devadesát čtyři

inverted: pětadevadesátseparate: devadesát pět

inverted: šestadevadesátseparate: devadesát šest

inverted: sedmadevadesátseparate: devadesát sedm

inverted: osmadevadesátseparate: devadesát osm

inverted: devětadevadesátseparate: devadesát devět


tierce

From Old French tierce, from Latin tertia.

(card games) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.


tierce

Inherited from Old French tierce, tiers, from Latin tertia.


triple

[ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊ɪpl̩]

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

the third payes for all: the triples sir , is a good tripping measure

c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:


triple

[ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊ɪpl̩]

Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc.

तिगुना

Three times or triple the number, amount, size, etc


triple

Semi-learned term resulting from a modification, under the influence of the Latin etymology, of Old French treble, itself from Latin triplus.

une triple croche


서

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

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More information(eumhun reading: 서녘 서 (seonyeok seo))
(MC reading: 西 (MC sej))(eumhun reading: 글 서 (geul seo))
(MC reading: 書 (MC syo))(eumhun reading: 천천히 서 (cheoncheonhi seo))
(MC reading: 徐 (MC zjo))(eumhun reading: 실마리 서 (silmari seo))
(MC reading: 緖)(eumhun reading: 차례 서 (charye seo))
(MC reading: 序 (MC zjoX))(eumhun reading: 상서로울 서 (sangseoroul seo))
(MC reading: 瑞 (MC dzyweH))(eumhun reading: 무리 서 (muri seo))
(MC reading: 庶 (MC syoH))(eumhun reading: 관청 서 (gwancheong seo))
(MC reading: 署 (MC dzyoH))(eumhun reading: 서술할 서 (seosulhal seo))
(MC reading: 敍)(eumhun reading: 맹세할 서 (maengsehal seo))
(MC reading: 誓 (MC dzyejH))(eumhun reading: 쥐 서 (jwi seo))
(MC reading: 鼠 (MC syoX))(eumhun reading: 용서할 서 (yongseohal seo))
(MC reading: 恕 (MC syoH))(eumhun reading: 깃들일 서 (gitdeuril seo))
(MC reading: 棲 (MC sej))(eumhun reading: 섬 서 (seom seo))
(MC reading: 嶼 (MC zjoX))(eumhun reading: 갈 서 (gal seo))
(MC reading: 逝 (MC dzyejH))(eumhun reading: 새벽 서 (saebyeok seo))
(MC reading: 曙 (MC dzyoH))(eumhun reading: 더울 서 (deoul seo))
(MC reading: 暑 (MC syoX))(eumhun reading: 펼 서 (pyeol seo))
(MC reading: 舒 (MC syo))(eumhun reading: 풀 서 (pul seo))
(MC reading: 抒 (MC zjoX|zyoX))(eumhun reading: 무소 서 (muso seo))
(MC reading: 犀 (MC sej))(eumhun reading: 감자 서 (gamja seo))
(MC reading: 薯 (MC dzyoH))(eumhun reading: 서로 서 (seoro seo))
(MC reading: 胥 (MC sjo|sjoX))(eumhun reading: 기장 서 (gijang seo))
(MC reading: 黍 (MC syoX))(eumhun reading: 농막 서 (nongmak seo))
(MC reading: 墅 (MC dzyoX))(eumhun reading: 호미 서 (homi seo))
(MC reading: 鋤 (MC dzrjo))(eumhun reading: 사위 서 (sawi seo))
(MC reading: 壻)(eumhun reading: 솜 서 (som seo))
(MC reading: 絮 (MC sjoH|nrjoH|trhjoH|naeH))(eumhun reading: 점 서 (jeom seo))
(MC reading: 筮 (MC dzyejH))(eumhun reading: 씹을 서 (ssibeul seo))
(MC reading: 噬 (MC dzyejH))(eumhun reading: 거를 서 (georeul seo))
(MC reading: 揟 (MC sjo))(eumhun reading: 찢을 서 (jjijeul seo))
(MC reading: 撕 (MC sej))(eumhun reading: 느슨할 서 (neuseunhal seo))
(MC reading: 紓 (MC syo|zyoX))(eumhun reading: 상수리나무 서 (sangsurinamu seo))
(MC reading: 芧 (MC drjoX))

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느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

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느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

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서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

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서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

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서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

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맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

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서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean

상서로울 상서롭다#Korean

서술할 서술하다#Korean

맹세할 맹세하다#Korean

용서할 용서하다#Korean

깃들일 깃들이다#Korean

느슨할 느슨하다#Korean

상수리나무 상수리나무#Korean


석

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 석〯 (Yale: sĕk).

ko-etym-native

석 잔

석 냥

three nyangs (a unit of old Korean coinage.

석 되

three does (≒5.4 liters.), Korean unit of measure.

석 섬

석 자

(dated or fossilized) three (before certain classifiers)


tripartite

Done by three parties (as an agreement).


dactyl

dactyls (plural)
dactyle (alternative)
dactile (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”), three bones of the finger corresponding to three syllables.

der

Now the Bard, glad to get an audience, […] / stuck fast with his first hexameter, / Not one of all whose gouty feet would stir. // But ere the spavin'd dactyls could be spurr'd / Into recitative, in great dismay / Both cherubim and seraphim were heard / To murmur loudly through their long array; […]

1822 October 15, Quevedo Redivivus [pseudonym; Lord Byron], “The Vision of Judgment”, in The Liberal. Verse and Prose from the South, 2nd edition, volume I, number I, London: […] John Hunt, […], published 1823, →OCLC, stanzas XC–XCI, page 33:

—My name is absurd too: Malachi Mulligan, two dactyls. But it has a Hellenic ring, hasn't it?

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 4:

A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.


troika

From Russian тро́йка (trójka, “a group of three”).

A great writer of the last epoch, comparing Russia to a swift troika galloping to an unknown goal, exclaims 'Oh, troika, birdlike troika, who invented thee!' and adds, in proud ecstasy, that all the peoples of the world stand aside respectfully to make way for the recklessly galloping troika to pass.

1880, Constance Garnett, chapter VI, in The Brothers Karamazov, book XII, translation of original by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, page 787:

When Gogol wrote his great passage on the troika speeding across the steppes, he likened it to Russia itself, advancing across the earth.

1960, Lesley Blanch, The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus, Tauris Parke Paperbacks, published 2006, →ISBN, page 145:

Travelling part of the way by rail and the remainder by troika, he reached Orenburg shortly before Christmas.

1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia, Oxford University Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 367:

A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.

The investigator suspected the poor dead bastards were just a vodka troika that had cheerily frozen to death.

1981, Martin Cruz Smith, Gorky Park, Ballantine Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 3:

The bare troika of Boolean operators brought them into metaphorical being.

1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, →ISBN, page 71:

“He said, 'Let me get the best people.' And that's what he did. He got John Kalodner and Gary Gersh and Tom Zutaut, and they became stars in their own right.” Over the ensuing decade, that troika of talent-finders would bring a host of multiplatinum artists—from Cher and Aerosmith to Guns N' Roses and Nirvana—to Geffen.

2006, Barney Hoskyns, Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends, John Wiley & Sons, published 2006, →ISBN, page 265:

No longer is the best picture going to be a toss-up between that troika of national-historical heavies: Argo, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty.

2013 January 11, Tom Shone, “Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste — but will it last?”, in The Guardian:

A party or group of three, especially a ruling council of three people in Soviet or Russian contexts.


trimeter

trimeters (plural)
trimetre (alternative)

/ˈtɹaɪmɪtəɹ/

A line in a poem having three metrical feet.


triptych

triptychs (plural)
triptich (alternative)

From Ancient Greek τρίπτυχος (tríptukhos, “consisting of three layers, threefold”), from τρι- (tri-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”).

uder

Hieronymus Bosch
The Garden of Earthly Delights
triptych

(by extension) A group of three people or works, especially when considered representative of a particular field or theme.

(philately) A set of three se-tenant postage stamps that form a composite picture.


love triangle

/ˈlʌv ˌtɹaɪ.æŋɡəl/

La Battaglia di Legnano is a patriotic melodrama with a love triangle theme included.

1961 December 12, The Times, p.5 col. F:

By placing Max and Onno in a love triangle with Ada, Mr. Mulisch achieves an emotional depth that recalls Francois Truffaut's classic film “Jules and Jim.”

1997 January 5, Jack Miles, “On a Mission From God”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A situation in which two suitors vie or compete for the love of the same person.

liefdesdriehoek

situation in which two people vie for the love of a third


three-dimensional

en-adj

three-dimensional (not generally comparable, comparative more three-dimensional, superlative most three-dimensional)

more three-dimensional (comparative)
most three-dimensional (superlative)
threedimensional (alternative)

(not comparable) Existing in three dimensions.

A good novel needs three-dimensional characters.


trilemma

The word is modelled on dilemma, with di- (“two, twice, double”) replaced by tri- (“three”).

It has been remarked as a characteristic of the late Sir Robert Peel, that in introducing his measures to the House of Commons, he often used the trilemma. "Three courses are before us—to go backward, to stand still, to go forward. We cannot go backward; we cannot stand still; we must, then, go forward."

1851, [James William Gilbart], Logic for the Million: A Familiar Exposition of the Art of Reasoning, London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, →OCLC, part IV (The Points of Reasoning), section V (Reasoning by Compound Syllogism), subsection III (The Trilemma), page 324:

And in anticipation of it, while he [Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger] declares at one moment that it would be profane to limit Divine Providence to an alternative, he affirms in the next that there can be no harm whatever in shutting it up to a supposed exhaustive trilemma.

1862 July 1, “Art. VII.—(1.) Kirche und Kirchen, Papstthum und Kirchenstaat. Historisch-politische Bertrachtungen von Joh. Jos. Ign. v. Döllinger. Zweiter unveränderter Abdruck. München: 1861. (2.) The Church and the Churches; or, The Papacy and The Temporal Power. An Historical and Political Review. By Dr. Döllinger. Translated by William Bernard MacCabe. London: 1862.”, in The British Quarterly Review, volume XXXVI, number LXXI, London: Jackson, Walford, & Hodder 18, St. Paul's Churchyard and Simpkin, Marshall and Co., Stationers' Hall Court; Edinburgh: W. Oliphant & Co.; Glasgow: J[ames] MacLehose; Dublin: J. Robertson, →OCLC, page 156:

universe of discourse
universe of discourse

(logic) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion.

trilema

(logic) argument containing three alternatives


tertiary

/ˈtɜː.ʃə.ɹiː/

/ˈtɜː.ʃə.ɹiː/

English numerals#Ordinal numbers
Peterhouse, Cambridge
University of Cambridge

PIE word
 *tréyes
Borrowed from the Latin tertiārius (“of the third part or rank”), from tertius (“third”) (from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós, whence English third) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French tertiaire.

bor

a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt

If, on the other hand, we remember that a tertiary monoamine, such as must be formed by the final methylation of the ammonia fragment in aniline when submitted to the action of an alcohol chloride, is invariably converted into an ammonium compound it must appear rather strange that in the process above alluded to only tertiary, and never any quartery bases are observed.

1873 January 3, A[ugust] W[ilhelm von] Hofmann, “Synthesis of Aromatic Monoamines by Intramolecular Atomic Interchange”, in William Crookes, editor, The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science: A Journal of Practical Chemistry in All Its Applications to Pharmacy, Arts, and Manufactures, volume XXVII, number 684, London: Henry Gillman, Boy Court, Ludgate Hill, E.C., →OCLC, page 1, column 1:

(chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; especially having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals.

secondary

The primary, secondary, and tertiary wing feathers (remiges) of adult mourning doves are shed and replaced yearly in an orderly sequence, so flight is possible during molt. […] Little is known about the shedding sequence of the secondary or tertiary feathers or the related coverts. If it is similar to that of passerines, however, loss of the outermost tertiary feather occurs coincident with loss of the fifth or sixth primary[…]. The molt then would continue sequentially until the last or innermost tertiary was shed and replaced.

1993, Ralph E. Mirarchi, “Growth, Maturation, and Molt”, in Thomas S. Baskett, Mark W. Sayre, Roy E. Tomlinson, Ralph E. Mirarchi, editors, Ecology and Management of the Mourning Dove (Wildlife Management Institute Book), Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 141:

(ornithology) Of quills: growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial.


tertiary

English numerals#Ordinal numbers
Lay Carmelites
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Saint-Étienne Cathedral
University of Cambridge

/ˈtɜː.ʃə.ɹiː/

/ˈtɜː.ʃə.ɹiː/

The primary rhizomes usually die during the growing season. The tertiaries and secondaries, however, live through the winter and become primary rhizomes the following year.

1958 August, Ellis W. Hauser, H. Fred Arle, “Growth Habits”, in Johnson Grass as a Weed (Farmers’ Bulletin; no. 1537), Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 4, column2:

The options available for distribution of water during times of reduced supply or demand are the following: […] (b) To reduce the rate of flow in the primary canal (still maintaining continuous flow in it) and to supply full flow in rotation to secondaries and their tertiaries; (c) to reduce the rate of flow in both primary and secondary canals, and to supply full flow in rotation to tertiaries; […]

1995 April, Donald [E.] Campbell, “Hydraulics of Canal Regulation and Types of Control Structures”, in Design and Operation of Smallholder Irrigation in South Asia (World Bank Technical Paper (Irrigation and Drainage Series); no. 256), Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 41:

There is no evidence that irrigators fail to keep their supply canals (tertiaries, watercourses, ditches) open when they need water.

1997 April, E[dward] B. Rice, “Influence of O&M Performance on Agro-economic Impacts”, in Paddy Irrigation and Water Management in Southeast Asia, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 49:

Any item considered to be of third order.

My principal objection is against the compound or derivative tints, given under the denominations of secondaries and tertiaries.

1817 August 16, Thomas Hargreaves, “XXI. On the Work Entitled ‘Chromatics;’ or, An Essay on the Analogy and Harmony of Colours. By Mr. T. Hargreaves.”, in Alexander Tilloch, editor, The Philosophical Magazine and Journal: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Geology, Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce, volume 50, number 232, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, Shoe Lane […], →OCLC, page 128:

[Rudolf] Arnheim suggested that the capacity of activating tensions is to be found in the tertiary hues, which are unbalanced mixtures of primaries that are present in different quantities. This peculiar relationship between tertiaries must be distinguished from the interaction of complementary colors that occurs when primaries and secondaries are coupled.

1993, Augusto Garau, “Introduction: A Theory of Color Mixtures”, in Nicola Bruno, transl., Color Harmonies, Chicago, Ill., London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 3:

The feathers [of the least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)], black centrally, are margined with bright rufous, especially on the back, scapulars, and tertiaries, and with white tips on the latter; the stripes on the middle of the throat and chest are indistinct or almost absent, more evident on sides of breast.

1955, Thomas S. Roberts, “Key to Shore Birds”, in Manual for the Identification of the Birds of Minnesota and Neighboring States, rev. edition, Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, published 1980, →OCLC, page 583:

Coincident with the dropping out of the fifth or sixth primary is the molt of the outermost tertiary, followed by the adjoining tertiary, and then the third tertiary, which in most passerine birds is the last or innermost.

1956, Olin Sewall Pettingill, [Jr.], A Laboratory and Field Manual of Ornithology, 3rd rev. edition, Minneapolis, Minn.: Burgess Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 142:

(ornithology) A tertiary feather; a tertial.

A gigaton-scale weapon would of necessity be a three-stage design (incorporating a fusion tertiary - likely with its own massive fission tamper - in addition to the fission primary and fission-jacketed fusion secondary), as a reasonably-sized primary would likely have difficulty imploding to ignition the enormous secondary that would be required to reach a one-gigaton yield with a two-stage thermonuclear.

thermonuclear weapon
thermonuclear weapon

(military) A large stage in some extremely powerful thermonuclear weapons (resembling a greatly-enlarged secondary) which is compressed by the explosion of the secondary until ignition of nuclear fusion takes place, in much the same manner as the secondary is imploded by the primary, and which can allow for the attainment of yields of many tens or even hundreds of megatons, and likely even greater; not used in modern weapons due to a greater focus on the accurate use of sub-megaton weapons, the tremendous size of weapons incorporating a tertiary, and the lack of targets whose destruction would necessitate the use of a three-stage weapon.

Tertiaries living in places where there is no Church of the Order or of the Third Order can gain all the indulgences they would gain visiting such a church, by visiting their respective parish church, or, where there is no parochial church, by visiting another church or public oratory, and fulfilling the other conditions.

1952, Dominican Tertiaries’ Manual: For the Daily Use of Private and Fraternity Tertiaries of the Third Order of St. Dominic, 1st rev. edition, New York, N.Y.: Third Order of St. Dominic, published 1954, →OCLC, page 362:

Immediately after her arrival in Ferrara, while she was still striving to secure the foundation of her exemplary reformed community of Dominican tertiaries, [Lucia] Brocadelli also renewed her attempts to enhance [Girolamo] Savonarola's saintly reputation.

2008, Tamar Herzig, “The Power of Visions: Lucia Brocadelli and Osanna Andreasi”, in Savonarola’s Women: Visions and Reform in Renaissance Italy, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press; large print edition, Richmond, B.C.: ReadHowYouWant.com Ltd., 2010, page 146

(Roman Catholicism) A member of a Roman Catholic third order; a layperson who participates in activities similar to those engaged in by men and women who take religious vows (respectively the first and second orders), and who may wear some elements of an order's habit such as a scapular.

terziario

Roman Catholicism: member of a third order


tritium

en-noun

tritium (countable and uncountable, plural tritiums)

From trito- + -ium. From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”).

(physics) A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen (symbol T, ³H or ³₁H) having one proton and two neutrons.


tritium

tritium (nominative singular)
tritiumit (nominative plural)
tritium (accusative nominative singular)
tritiumit (accusative nominative plural)
tritiumin (accusative genitive singular)
tritiumit (accusative genitive plural)
tritiumin (genitive singular)
tritiumien (genitive plural)
tritiumia (partitive singular)
tritiumeja (partitive plural)
tritiumissa (inessive singular)
tritiumeissa (inessive plural)
tritiumista (elative singular)
tritiumeista (elative plural)
tritiumiin (illative singular)
tritiumeihin (illative plural)
tritiumilla (adessive singular)
tritiumeilla (adessive plural)
tritiumilta (ablative singular)
tritiumeilta (ablative plural)
tritiumille (allative singular)
tritiumeille (allative plural)
tritiumina (essive singular)
tritiumeina (essive plural)
tritiumiksi (singular translative)
tritiumeiksi (plural translative)
tritiumitta (abessive singular)
tritiumeitta (abessive plural)
tritiumein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
tritiumini (nominative singular)
tritiumini (nominative plural)
tritiumini (accusative nominative singular)
tritiumini (accusative nominative plural)
tritiumini (accusative genitive singular)
tritiumini (accusative genitive plural)
tritiumini (genitive singular)
tritiumieni (genitive plural)
tritiumiani (partitive singular)
tritiumejani (partitive plural)
tritiumissani (inessive singular)
tritiumeissani (inessive plural)
tritiumistani (elative singular)
tritiumeistani (elative plural)
tritiumiini (illative singular)
tritiumeihini (illative plural)
tritiumillani (adessive singular)
tritiumeillani (adessive plural)
tritiumiltani (ablative singular)
tritiumeiltani (ablative plural)
tritiumilleni (allative singular)
tritiumeilleni (allative plural)
tritiuminani (essive singular)
tritiumeinani (essive plural)
tritiumikseni (singular translative)
tritiumeikseni (plural translative)
tritiumittani (abessive singular)
tritiumeittani (abessive plural)
tritiumeineni (comitative plural)
tritiumisi (nominative singular)
tritiumisi (nominative plural)
tritiumisi (accusative nominative singular)
tritiumisi (accusative nominative plural)
tritiumisi (accusative genitive singular)
tritiumisi (accusative genitive plural)
tritiumisi (genitive singular)
tritiumiesi (genitive plural)
tritiumiasi (partitive singular)
tritiumejasi (partitive plural)
tritiumissasi (inessive singular)
tritiumeissasi (inessive plural)
tritiumistasi (elative singular)
tritiumeistasi (elative plural)
tritiumiisi (illative singular)
tritiumeihisi (illative plural)
tritiumillasi (adessive singular)
tritiumeillasi (adessive plural)
tritiumiltasi (ablative singular)
tritiumeiltasi (ablative plural)
tritiumillesi (allative singular)
tritiumeillesi (allative plural)
tritiuminasi (essive singular)
tritiumeinasi (essive plural)
tritiumiksesi (singular translative)
tritiumeiksesi (plural translative)
tritiumittasi (abessive singular)
tritiumeittasi (abessive plural)
tritiumeinesi (comitative plural)
tritiumimme (nominative singular)
tritiumimme (nominative plural)
tritiumimme (accusative nominative singular)
tritiumimme (accusative nominative plural)
tritiumimme (accusative genitive singular)
tritiumimme (accusative genitive plural)
tritiumimme (genitive singular)
tritiumiemme (genitive plural)
tritiumiamme (partitive singular)
tritiumejamme (partitive plural)
tritiumissamme (inessive singular)
tritiumeissamme (inessive plural)
tritiumistamme (elative singular)
tritiumeistamme (elative plural)
tritiumiimme (illative singular)
tritiumeihimme (illative plural)
tritiumillamme (adessive singular)
tritiumeillamme (adessive plural)
tritiumiltamme (ablative singular)
tritiumeiltamme (ablative plural)
tritiumillemme (allative singular)
tritiumeillemme (allative plural)
tritiuminamme (essive singular)
tritiumeinamme (essive plural)
tritiumiksemme (singular translative)
tritiumeiksemme (plural translative)
tritiumittamme (abessive singular)
tritiumeittamme (abessive plural)
tritiumeinemme (comitative plural)
tritiuminne (nominative singular)
tritiuminne (nominative plural)
tritiuminne (accusative nominative singular)
tritiuminne (accusative nominative plural)
tritiuminne (accusative genitive singular)
tritiuminne (accusative genitive plural)
tritiuminne (genitive singular)
tritiumienne (genitive plural)
tritiumianne (partitive singular)
tritiumejanne (partitive plural)
tritiumissanne (inessive singular)
tritiumeissanne (inessive plural)
tritiumistanne (elative singular)
tritiumeistanne (elative plural)
tritiumiinne (illative singular)
tritiumeihinne (illative plural)
tritiumillanne (adessive singular)
tritiumeillanne (adessive plural)
tritiumiltanne (ablative singular)
tritiumeiltanne (ablative plural)
tritiumillenne (allative singular)
tritiumeillenne (allative plural)
tritiuminanne (essive singular)
tritiumeinanne (essive plural)
tritiumiksenne (singular translative)
tritiumeiksenne (plural translative)
tritiumittanne (abessive singular)
tritiumeittanne (abessive plural)
tritiumeinenne (comitative plural)
tritiuminsa (nominative singular)
tritiuminsa (nominative plural)
tritiuminsa (accusative nominative singular)
tritiuminsa (accusative nominative plural)
tritiuminsa (accusative genitive singular)
tritiuminsa (accusative genitive plural)
tritiuminsa (genitive singular)
tritiumiensa (genitive plural)
tritiumiaan (partitive singular)
tritiumiansa (partitive singular)
tritiumejaan (partitive plural)
tritiumejansa (partitive plural)
tritiumissaan (inessive singular)
tritiumissansa (inessive singular)
tritiumeissaan (inessive plural)
tritiumeissansa (inessive plural)
tritiumistaan (elative singular)
tritiumistansa (elative singular)
tritiumeistaan (elative plural)
tritiumeistansa (elative plural)
tritiumiinsa (illative singular)
tritiumeihinsa (illative plural)
tritiumillaan (adessive singular)
tritiumillansa (adessive singular)
tritiumeillaan (adessive plural)
tritiumeillansa (adessive plural)
tritiumiltaan (ablative singular)
tritiumiltansa (ablative singular)
tritiumeiltaan (ablative plural)
tritiumeiltansa (ablative plural)
tritiumilleen (allative singular)
tritiumillensa (allative singular)
tritiumeilleen (allative plural)
tritiumeillensa (allative plural)
tritiuminaan (essive singular)
tritiuminansa (essive singular)
tritiumeinaan (essive plural)
tritiumeinansa (essive plural)
tritiumikseen (singular translative)
tritiumiksensa (singular translative)
tritiumeikseen (plural translative)
tritiumeiksensa (plural translative)
tritiumittaan (abessive singular)
tritiumittansa (abessive singular)
tritiumeittaan (abessive plural)
tritiumeittansa (abessive plural)
tritiumeineen (comitative plural)
tritiumeinensa (comitative plural)


tritium

la-noun

tritium n (genitive tritiī or tritī); second declension

tritiī (genitive)
tritī (genitive)
tritium (nominative singular)
tritia (nominative plural)
tritiī (genitive singular)
tritī (genitive singular)
tritiōrum (genitive plural)
tritiō (dative singular)
tritiīs (dative plural)
tritium (accusative singular)
tritia (accusative plural)
tritiō (ablative singular)
tritiīs (ablative plural)
tritium (singular vocative)
tritia (plural vocative)


¾

4 pages on loose leaf notebook pages, 6 x 9 ¾.

2010, Peter Haring Judd, Elizabeth Wade White Papers Catalog and Finding Aid, Volume 1 (in English), New York Public Library, →ISBN, page 439:


tré

cs-ndecl

!.pl.
genpl:trého.
datpl:trému.
accpl:tré.
locpl+inspl:trém

tré (nominative plural)
trého (genitive plural)
trému (dative plural)
tré (accusative plural)
tré (plural vocative)
trém (locative plural)
trém (instrumental plural)

rozetnout něco ve tré


kolmas

kolmas (nominative singular)
kolmandad (nominative plural)
kolmas (accusative nominative singular)
kolmandad (accusative nominative plural)
kolmanda (accusative genitive singular)
kolmandad (accusative genitive plural)
kolmanda (genitive singular)
kolmandate (genitive plural)
kolmandat (partitive singular)
kolmandaid (partitive plural)
kolmandasse (illative singular)
kolmandatesse (illative plural)
kolmandaisse (illative plural)
kolmandas (inessive singular)
kolmandates (inessive plural)
kolmandais (inessive plural)
kolmandast (elative singular)
kolmandatest (elative plural)
kolmandaist (elative plural)
kolmandale (allative singular)
kolmandatele (allative plural)
kolmandaile (allative plural)
kolmandal (adessive singular)
kolmandatel (adessive plural)
kolmandail (adessive plural)
kolmandalt (ablative singular)
kolmandatelt (ablative plural)
kolmandailt (ablative plural)
kolmandaks (singular translative)
kolmandateks (plural translative)
kolmandaiks (plural translative)
kolmandani (singular terminative)
kolmandateni (plural terminative)
kolmandana (essive singular)
kolmandatena (essive plural)
kolmandata (abessive singular)
kolmandateta (abessive plural)
kolmandaga (comitative singular)
kolmandatega (comitative plural)

Kolmanda kooliaasta kevadel otsis nimelt vallakirjutaja endale abilist ja pöördus kord naljatades köstri poole, et see võiks oma «tudengitest» mõne temale kantseleisse anda.

1926-1933, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, chapter XXXVII, in Tõde ja õigus (Truth and Justice), page 409:

In the spring of his third year at school, the parish clerk was looking for an assistant, and once jokingly asked the bishop to give some of his “students” to his office.


kolmas

From Proto-Finnic *kolmanci. Cognates include Finnish kolmas and Estonian kolmas.


hat trick

hat tricks (plural)
hattrick (alternative)
hat-trick (alternative)

From hat + trick (“element of a magician’s or variety entertainer’s act; entertaining and difficult physical action”, noun). Sense 2 (“achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls”)—the original sporting sense—refers to the commemorative hat formerly given as a prize to the bowler by his club.

driekuns

three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.

שלושער m (shloshá'ar, literally “three-gate or goal”)

གསུམ་སྦྲགས (gsum sbrags, literally “pack-of-three”)

The car salesman came home with front-row seats to the weekend game after achieving a hat trick by selling three cars that day.

And with the debut of his new series Hyperion Bay in 1998, [Joseph] Dougherty accomplished the rare "hat trick" in television: the pilot was written, executive-produced, and codirected by Dougherty.

2002, Douglas Heil, “From Office Temp to ‘Hat Trick’ Showrunner: Interview with Joseph Dougherty”, in Prime Time Authorship: Works about and by Three TV Dramatists (The Television Series), Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 129:

Three murders in less than two weeks. That's a hat trick.

2015, Les Roberts, “Milan”, in The Ashtabula Hat Trick (A Milan Jacovich/Kevin O’Bannion Mystery), Cleveland, Oh.: Gray & Company, →ISBN, page 51:

In these modern cities, anti-infection measures had to be imposed from the top down, by a central authority. To pull this off, the authority required three things: the ability to identify cases in a timely fashion, and so determine the infection's direction of travel; an understanding of how the disease spread (by water? air? insect vector?), and hence the measures that were likely to block it; and some means of ensuring compliance with those measures. When all three of these ingredients – which we'll describe in more detail in the following sections – were in place, containment could be extremely effective, but a hat-trick was rare.

2017 May, Laura Spinney, “Chalking Doors with Crosses”, in Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: PublicAffairs, published September 2017, →ISBN, part 4 (The Survival Instinct), page 91:

Keir Starmer has heralded a “hat-trick of deals” with India, the US and the EU, telling MPs they will protect thousands of jobs and save businesses hundreds of millions of pounds.

2025 May 20, Kiran Stacey, “Keir Starmer says ‘hat-trick of deals’ shows Britain is back on world stage”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(cricket) An achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls.

(by extension, generally) Three achievements or incidents that occur together, usually within a certain period of time.

hattutemppu

three achievements or incidents that occur together, usually within a certain period of time


trigamy

en-noun

trigamy (countable and uncountable, plural trigamies)

From Ancient Greek τρίγαμος (trígamos), from τρία (tría, “three”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). By surface analysis, tri- + -gamy.

The state of having three (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

trigàmia

the state of having three spouses simultaneously


three sheets to the wind

en-adj

three sheets to the wind (not comparable)

This phrase is derived in reference to sailing and sailing ships, and implies an individual "[u]nsteady from drink" (Smyth & Belcher, 1867; Martin, 2023). The "sheet" referred to is the nautical term for a rope (line) that controls the trim of a sail. The phrase was originally "three sheets in the wind", but also appears in its early examples with the number references "two" and "one", and is thought to derive from the fact that when "sheets [of a sailing vessel] are loose and blowing about in the wind[,] then the sails will flap" such that the boat lurches about "like a drunken sailor" (Martin, 2023). As of the last editing of Gary Martin's entry for the idiom, the phrase was most often presented as it is in the title (i.e., "...to [rather than 'in'] the wind"; Martin, 2023). The attribution of the expression's origin to the form with the preposition "in" is supported by a case of the phrase in print of the "two sheets" variation, in The Journal of Rev. Francis Asbury (1815, entry for 26 September 1813), which recounts the author's travels in the South, in the United States: "The tavernkeepers were kind and polite... [but] sometimes two sheets in the wind." (Martin, 2023). The "three sheets" variation is found in Pierce Egan's Real Life in London (1821), which says "Old Wax and Bristles is about three sheets in the wind." (Martin, 2023). About the variations of the number appearing, Martin states,Sailors at that time had a sliding scale of drunkenness; three sheets was the falling over stage; tipsy was just 'one sheet in the wind', or 'a sheet in the wind's eye' (Martin, 2023). A further example is Catherine Ward's "The Fisher's Daughter" (1824), in which "...Mr. Blust... instead of being one sheet in the wind, was likely to get to three before he took his departure." (Martin, 2023). Hence, "three sheets in/to the wind" describes an inebriated person (Smyth & Belcher, 1867; Martin, 2023) no longer in control, and—at least historically—lesser numbers implying lessened states of incapacity (Martin, 2023).

That late in the evening, he was three sheets to the wind and had long since stopped making sense.


trivium

PIE word
 *tréyes
Borrowed from Latin trivium.

(zoology) The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.


trivium

la-noun

trivium n (genitive triviī or trivī); second declension

triviī (genitive)
trivī (genitive)
trivium (nominative singular)
trivia (nominative plural)
triviī (genitive singular)
trivī (genitive singular)
triviōrum (genitive plural)
triviō (dative singular)
triviīs (dative plural)
trivium (accusative singular)
trivia (accusative plural)
triviō (ablative singular)
triviīs (ablative plural)
trivium (singular vocative)
trivia (plural vocative)

desc

Italian: treppio, treppo, trebbio, trebbo

→ English: trivium

→ Italian: trivio

→ Ukrainian: три́віум (trývium)

From tri- (“three”) + via (“road”). Compare trivius (“epithet of deities having temples at the intersection of three roads”).

a crossroads or fork where three roads meet


tretal

tretal (indefinite nominative singular)
tretals (genitive indefinite singular)
tretalet (definite nominative singular)
tretalets (definite genitive singular)
tretal (indefinite nominative plural)
tretals (genitive indefinite plural)
tretalen (definite nominative plural)
tretalens (definite genitive plural)


threesome

Threesomes are huge right now. They're the blow job of the '90s.

1998 July 26, Jenny Bicks, “Three's a Crowd”, in Sex and the City, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Samantha:

‘Tell me everything,’ she said to Losse, and when she’d heard everything, got the colleague who kept suggesting a threesome discreetly demoted.

2013, Joanna Biggs, “Tell me everything”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 7:

Being polyamorous isn't inherently wrong. Neither is desiring threesomes or kinky sex.

2016 April 3, Zachary Zane, “Where Do "Messy Bisexuals" Fit Into the Bi+ Community?”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 2022-06-07:

That’s a threesome joke about her fucking children! It was in the first season and they gave her another one!

2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Charter Schools”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 22, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

An instance of sexual activity involving three people.

тро́йка

a sexual activity involving three people


trivalent

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(inorganic chemistry) Having a valence of three.


три

tri (romanization)
три (indefinite plural)
три́те (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic трьѥ (trĭje), from Proto-Slavic *trьje, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

inh+

едина́десет

едина́йсет (edinájset)

единадесетте́

единайсетте́ (edinajsetté)

двана́десет

двана́йсет (dvanájset)

дванадесетте́

дванайсетте́ (dvanajsetté)

трина́десет

трина́йсет (trinájset)

тринадесетте́

тринайсетте́ (trinajsetté)

четирина́десет

четирина́йсет (četirinájset)

четиринадесетте́

четиринайсетте́ (četirinajsetté)

петна́десет

петна́йсет (petnájset)

петнадесетте́

петнайсетте́ (petnajsetté)

шестна́десет

шестна́йсет (šestnájset)

шестнадесетте́

шестнайсетте́ (šestnajsetté)

седемна́десет

седемна́йсет (sedemnájset)

седемнадесетте́

седемнайсетте́ (sedemnajsetté)

осемна́десет

осемна́йсет (osemnájset)

осемнадесетте́

осемнайсетте́ (osemnajsetté)

деветна́десет

деветна́йсет (devetnájset)

деветнадесетте́

деветнайсетте́ (devetnajsetté)

два́десет

два́йсет (dvájset)

двадесетте́

двайсетте́ (dvajsetté)

три́десет

три́йсет (tríjset)

тридесетте́

трийсетте́ (trijsetté)

чети́ридесет

чети́ресет (četíreset)

четиридесетте́

четиресетте́ (četiresetté)

шестдесе́т

шейсе́т (šejsét)

шестдесетте́

шейсетте́ (šejsetté)

две́ста

две́сте (dvéste)

две́стата

двестете́ (dvesteté)


три

Inherited from Middle Ukrainian три (try), from Old East Slavic три (tri), from Proto-Slavic *trь̏je (“three”). Compare with Ukrainian три (try).


три

tri (romanization)
три (indefinite)
трите (definite unspecified)
триве (definite proximal)
трине (definite distal)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trьje / *tri, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


три

tri (romanization)
три (nominative singular)
трох (genitive singular)
тром (dative singular)
три (accusative singular)
трома (instrumental singular)
трох (locative singular)

Inherited from Old Slovak tri, from Proto-Slavic *trь̏je. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn три (try) and Slovak tri.


три

tri (romanization)
три́ (nominative singular)
трёх (genitive singular)
трём (dative singular)
трёх (accusative animate singular)
три́ (accusative inanimate singular)
тремя́ (instrumental singular)
трёх (prepositional singular)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trьje, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


три

try (romanization)
три (nominative plural)
трьох (genitive plural)
трьом (dative plural)
трьох (accusative animate plural)
три (accusative inanimate plural)
трьома́ (instrumental plural)
трьох (locative plural)
три (plural vocative)
try (alternative)

From Proto-Slavic *trьje, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


trident

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Latin tridēns, from tri- (“three”) + dēns (“tooth”).

(geometry) A curve of third order of the form:


Third Reich

the Third Reich (canonical)
3rd Reich (alternative)

Partial calque of German Drittes Reich (literally “third empire, third realm”). The first Reich in this reckoning is the Holy Roman Empire and the second is the German Empire. The Weimar Republic, although officially called Deutsches Reich as well, was rejected by the National Socialists and therefore not counted.

partial calque

German Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Weimar Republic

Тре́тий рейх m (Trétij rejx) (various capitalisation is used)


Trinde

days of the week: ol de bilong wik: Mande · Tunde · Trinde · Fonde · Fraide · Sarere · Sande [edit]


Drei

Drei (genitive)
Dreien (plural)
Drei (nominative singular)
Dreien (definite nominative plural)
Drei (genitive singular)
Dreien (definite genitive plural)
Drei (dative singular)
Dreien (dative definite plural)
Drei (accusative singular)
Dreien (accusative definite plural)


Trinity

He speaks distinctly of the Trinity of the godhead in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

1836, Thomas Robbins, A Discourse on the Doctrine of the Trinity, page 17:

From all eternity Jesus Christ existed, and Jesus Christ was with God the Father, the first person of the Trinity; and Jesus Christ was God the Son, the second person of the Trinity.

1846, John Wilson, Scripture Proofs and Scriptural Illustrations of Unitarianism, page 149:

(Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons (trine, personae) of the Godhead: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

drie-eenheid

Christianity: three persons of the Godhead


Troika

de-noun

Troika f (genitive Troika, plural Troikas)

Troika (genitive)
Troikas (plural)
Troika (nominative singular)
Troikas (definite nominative plural)
Troika (genitive singular)
Troikas (definite genitive plural)
Troika (dative singular)
Troikas (dative definite plural)
Troika (accusative singular)
Troikas (accusative definite plural)


triplet

PIE word
 *tréyes
From triple + -et, q.v.

(music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.

三连音

(music) group of three notes played in place of two

A set of three, particularly
(physics) A triquark.

A set of three, particularly
A triquark.

(physics) A quantum state with three allowed projections for the spin.

A constructed gem consisting of a thin slice of natural opal sandwiched between a clear glass or quartz top and a synthetic or stone backing that enhances the colour of the opal.

One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.

trinjak

one of three siblings born at the same time of the same mother

threeling

one of a group of three siblings born at the same time


triplet

(mathematics, biology, architecture) triplet, group of three things


ménage à trois

ménages à trois (plural)
menage a trois (alternative)
ménage-à-trois (alternative)
menage-a-trois (alternative)

/ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/

/ˌmɛnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/

/məˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/

/ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/

/ˌmɛnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/

/məˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/

/məˌnɑːʒeɪ ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ménage à trois.wav

Borrowed from French ménage à trois (literally “household of three”).

bor

David and Angela and I had a ménage à trois for about five minutes, but then I made her leave because David and I were gonna play.

1996, Cyrinda Foxe, in McNeil & McCain, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, page 134

No, the two guys don't go for each other; the triad tried a ménage à trois once but stopped because Chris thought it was icky.

1999 November 15, John Cloud, “Henry & Mary & Janet &…”, in Time:

(sex) A sexual act or experience involving three people; a threesome.


ménage à trois

fr-noun

ménage à trois m (plural ménages à trois)

English: menage a trois

German: Ménage-à-trois

Portuguese: ménage à trois

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teapoy

teapoys (plural)
tepoy (alternative)
tea-poy (alternative)

→ Bengali: টিপাই (ṭipai)

→ Kannada: ಟೀಪಾಯಿ (ṭīpāyi)

PIE word
 *tréyes
Borrowed from Hindi तिपाई (tipāī), Urdu تپائی (tipāi, “teapoy”), from a merger of Sanskrit त्रिपाद (tripāda, “tripod”) + Classical Persian سه پای (sih-pāy, “tripod”), with the spelling of the first element influenced by association with tea. Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”), the first element of त्रिपाद (tripāda), is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”); while Classical Persian پای (pây, “foot”), the second element of سه پای, is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”), from *ped- (“to step; to walk; to fall; to stumble”). Doublet of tripod and tripus.

ref

From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, USA.

der

“They're like the teapoys in the Lakka Bazar — good material but not polished.”

1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 15:

The teapoy, derived from the Hindi/Persian phrase denoting a three-footed table, supported a tea set or tea-related objects. Not all teapoys were tripod-like tables or sold singly. The Carneses imported lacquer teapoys in sets. These sets could be easily stacked in a corner of the drawing room and brought out at teatime to hold a teacup, a set, or a caddy. The Carneses purchased lacquered teapoys sets for four dollars in China and probably sold them for twice that amount in America.

2019, Nancy E. Davis, “Afong Moy Presents Chinese Objects for the Home”, in The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part II (The Show), pages 107–108:

(originally India) Originally, a three-legged decorative stand or table; now, especially, one with recesses for holding tea caddies and/or a tea service.

টিপাই

three-legged decorative stand or table; especially, one with recesses for holding tea caddies and/or a tea service


kolm

kolme (genitive)
kolme (partitive)
kolm (nominative singular)
kolmed (nominative plural)
kolm (accusative nominative singular)
kolmed (accusative nominative plural)
kolme (accusative genitive singular)
kolmed (accusative genitive plural)
kolme (genitive singular)
kolmede (genitive plural)
kolme (partitive singular)
kolmi (partitive plural)
kolmesid (partitive plural)
kolme (illative singular)
kolmesse (illative singular)
kolmedesse (illative plural)
kolmisse (illative plural)
kolmes (inessive singular)
kolmedes (inessive plural)
kolmis (inessive plural)
kolmest (elative singular)
kolmedest (elative plural)
kolmist (elative plural)
kolmele (allative singular)
kolmedele (allative plural)
kolmile (allative plural)
kolmel (adessive singular)
kolmedel (adessive plural)
kolmil (adessive plural)
kolmelt (ablative singular)
kolmedelt (ablative plural)
kolmilt (ablative plural)
kolmeks (singular translative)
kolmedeks (plural translative)
kolmiks (plural translative)
kolmeni (singular terminative)
kolmedeni (plural terminative)
kolmena (essive singular)
kolmedena (essive plural)
kolmeta (abessive singular)
kolmedeta (abessive plural)
kolmega (comitative singular)
kolmedega (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *kolmi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolme. Cognates include Finnish kolme, Northern Khanty хәԯум (həłum), Northern Mansi хӯрум (hūrum) and Hungarian három.


triple play

There has only been one unassisted triple play recorded in the World Series.

(baseball) A defensive play in which three outs are recorded.

triple eliminació

(baseball) a play where three outs are recorded

The local cable company is offering a triple play service.

An offering of three bundled services, especially telephone, television and broadband Internet.


triomino

en-noun

triomino (plural triominoes or triominos)

/tɹaɪˈɒmɪnəʊ/

/tɹaɪˈɑmɪˌnoʊ/

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A polyomino made up of three squares connected edge to edge.


triton

From trito- + -on. From tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”).

(particle physics) the nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons


triton

From Triton, who blows such a seashell like a trumpet.

Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell.


tricolour

tricolours (plural)
tricolor (alternative US)

An anglicisation of the French tricolore; the flag originated in France. Equivalent to tri- + colour.

Tricolours are seen in the national flags of over twenty countries, including Belgium, France, India, Italy, Russia, The Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland.

Journalists too were unwelcome and photographers had to conceal cameras. “He’s with the Guardian,” a man in his 60s, holding a tricolour, shouted.

2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

A flag consisting of three stripes that are either vertical or horizontal; all of equal size, and of a different colour each.

عَلَم ثُلَاثِيّ الْأَلْوَانِ

A flag with three stripes of different colours


tricolour

tricolour film


tricolor

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tricolor.wav

(American spelling) Alternative form of tricolour.


þrír

þrjár (feminine)
þrjú (neuter)
þrír (masculine nominative plural)
þrjár (feminine nominative plural)
þrjú (neuter nominative plural)
þrjá (accusative masculine plural)
þrjár (accusative feminine plural)
þrjú (accusative neuter plural)
þrim (dative masculine plural)
þrimr (dative masculine plural)
þrim (dative feminine plural)
þrimr (dative feminine plural)
þrim (dative neuter plural)
þrimr (dative neuter plural)
þriggja (genitive masculine plural)
þriggja (feminine genitive plural)
þriggja (genitive neuter plural)

Icelandic: þrír

Faroese: tríggir

Norn: trir

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Norwegian Nynorsk: tri; (dialectal) trí, trir, try, (possibly influenced by Danish) tre

Jamtish: trí

Elfdalian: trair

Old Swedish: þrīr, þrī

Swedish: tre, try

Old Danish: thrē

Danish: tre

Norwegian Bokmål: tre

Scanian: tré

Gutnish: trei

From Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz (“three”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”). Cognate with Old English þrī, þrīe, Old Frisian thrē, thriā, Old Saxon thrīe, Old Dutch thri, Old High German drī, Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (þreis).


three-peat

en-verb

three-peat (third-person singular simple present three-peats, present participle three-peating, simple past and past participle three-peated)

three-peats (present singular third-person)
three-peating (participle present)
three-peated (participle past)
three-peated (past)
threepeat (alternative)

(US, slang) To win something three times consecutively.


trifecta

Along with runtime errors, two other errors we saw earlier round out the JavaScript bug trifecta: syntax errors, logic errors, and runtime errors.

2007, Michael Morrison, Head First JavaScript, page 525:

I might never have learned my name or met my birth family if I hadn't ended up in the hospital in Rhode Island in 2007, after traveling to a trifecta of malaria hotspots: Mali, Egypt and Colombia.

2013 November 27, Emily Jane O'Dell, “Deep cover”, in The New York Times:

And the Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall trifecta stumbled through inconsistent chemistry as they, too, attempted to insult their peers.

2024 March 10, Fran Hoepfner, “What Billy Crystal Knew About Hosting the Oscars”, in The Atlantic:

(by extension) A set of three related things, often things that cause problems.


अग्नि

agní (romanization)
अग्निः (nominative singular)
अग्नी (dual nominative)
अग्नयः (nominative plural)
अग्निम् (accusative singular)
अग्नी (accusative dual)
अग्नीन् (accusative plural)
अग्निना (instrumental singular)
अग्न्या1 (instrumental singular)
अग्निभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
अग्निभिः (instrumental plural)
अग्नये (dative singular)
अग्निभ्याम् (dative dual)
अग्निभ्यः (dative plural)
अग्नेः (ablative singular)
अग्निभ्याम् (ablative dual)
अग्निभ्यः (ablative plural)
अग्नेः (genitive singular)
अग्न्योः (dual genitive)
अग्नीनाम् (genitive plural)
अग्नौ (locative singular)
अग्ना1 (locative singular)
अग्न्योः (dual locative)
अग्निषु (locative plural)
अग्ने (singular vocative)
अग्नी (dual vocative)
अग्नयः (plural vocative)

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑀺 (agi /aggi/) (see there for further descendants)

Dardic:

Kashmiri:

Arabic script: اۆگُن (ogun)

Devanagari script: ऒगुन (ogun)

Sharada script: 𑆏𑆓𑆶𑆤𑇀 (ogun)

Gandhari: 𐨀𐨒𐨁 (agi)

Pali: aggi (see there for further descendants)

→ Assamese: অগ্নি (ogni)

→ Bengali: অগ্নি (ogni) (learned)

→ English: Agni

→ Gujarati: અગ્નિ (agni)

→ Hindustani: (semi-learned)

Hindi: अगन (agan)

Urdu: اگن (agan)

→ Hindustani: (learned)

Hindi: अग्नि (agni)

Urdu: اگنی (agni)

→ Karo Batak: aguni

→ Old Javanese: agni, gĕni (see there for further descendants)

→ Kannada: ಅಗ್ನಿ (agni)

→ Lao: ອັກຄະນີ (ʼak kha nī)

→ Old Marathi:

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Modi script: 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡 (agna), 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡𑘲 (agnī), 𑘀𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘲 (ajñī)

Devanagari script: अग्न (agna), अग्नि (agni), अज्ञी (ajñī)

→ Marwari: अगन (agan), अगनी (agnī) (semi-learned)

→ Odia: ଅଗ୍ନି (agni) (learned)

→ Russian: Агни́ (Agní)

→ Tamil: அக்கினி (akkiṉi), அக்னி (akṉi)

→ Malayalam: അഗ്നി (agni)

→ Telugu: అగ్ని (agni)

→ Thai: อัคนี (àk-ká-nii)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hagníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hagníš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís. Cognate with Latin ignis, Old Church Slavonic огнь (ognĭ), ⱁⰳⱀⱐ (ognĭ).


trimestre

tl-noun

trimestre (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒ)

ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
traymestre (alternative)

[t̪ɾɪˈmɛs.t̪ɾɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish trimestre, from Latin trimēstrem.


triduum

Borrowed from Latin trīduum, from trēs (“three”) + diēs (“day”).

I’m much more comfortable on Maundy Thursday, the beginning of the Triduum, the holiest three days in the Christian calendar.

2023 April 8, Esau McCaulley, “On Hope, Hate and the Most Radical Claim of the Easter Season”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A period of three days (especially in Roman Catholic liturgy).


triduum

triduum (nominative singular)
tridua (nominative plural)
triduum (genitive singular)
triduów (genitive plural)
triduum (dative singular)
triduom (dative plural)
triduum (accusative singular)
tridua (accusative plural)
triduum (instrumental singular)
triduami (instrumental plural)
triduum (locative singular)
triduach (locative plural)
triduum (singular vocative)
tridua (plural vocative)

(literary) triduum (period of three days)


тридцать

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три́дцать • (trídcatʹ)

три́дцать (canonical)
trídcatʹ (romanization)
три́дцать (nominative singular)
тридцати́ (genitive singular)
тридцати́ (dative singular)
три́дцать (accusative singular)
тридцатью́ (instrumental singular)
тридцати́ (prepositional singular)

Ru-тридцать.ogg

From три (tri) + -дцать (-dcatʹ), or "thrice ten".


trefoil

From Middle English trefoil, from Old French trifoil, trefeul, from Latin trifolium, from tri- (“three”) + folium (“leaf”).


tricameral

From tri- + Latin camera (“chamber”) + -al.

(government) Having three legislative chambers.