"thrice" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /θɹaɪs/, [θɾ̪̊ɑɪs] [UK], [θɾ̪̊äɪs] [US] Audio: en-us-thrice.ogg [US], en-us-thrice.flac [General-American], en-au-thrice.ogg [Australia], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thrice.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -aɪs Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*tréyes}} *tréyes, {{PIE word|en|tréyes}} PIE word *tréyes, {{inh|en|enm|thrice}} Middle English thrice, {{m|enm|thries||three times, thrice; a third time; repeated three times}} thries (“three times, thrice; a third time; repeated three times”), {{m|enm|thrī}} thrī, {{m|enm|thrīe||three times, thrice; a third time}} thrīe (“three times, thrice; a third time”), {{inh|en|ang|þriwa}} Old English þriwa, {{m|ang|þreowa}} þreowa, {{m|enm|-es||suffix forming adverbs of time, place, and manner}} -es (“suffix forming adverbs of time, place, and manner”), {{der|en|ang|-es||suffix forming adverbs}} Old English -es (“suffix forming adverbs”), {{cog|ofs|thria}} Old Frisian thria, {{cog|stq|träie|t=thrice}} Saterland Frisian träie (“thrice”), {{gloss|"thrice"; > Saterland Frisian <i class="Latn mention" lang="stq">träie</i> (“thrice”)}} ("thrice"; > Saterland Frisian träie (“thrice”)), {{cog|gml|drîes|t=thrice}} Middle Low German drîes (“thrice”), {{cog|gmh|drīes}} Middle High German drīes, {{m|gmh|drīs|t=thrice}} drīs (“thrice”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} thrice (not comparable)
  1. (archaic outside India) Three times. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Three, Time Synonyms: threefold, trebly, thrice [dated], thricely, treble, triply Hypernyms: sometimes Derived forms: thricely, thrice-monthly, thrice removed, thrice-weekly Related terms: thrissome, thryfallow, often, frequency Coordinate_terms: once, twice, fourice, frice [nonstandard, rare] Translations (three times): τρίς (trís) (Ancient Greek), τριάκις (triákis) (Ancient Greek), ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ (ṯalāṯa marrātin) (Arabic), ثَلَاثًا (ṯalāṯan) (Arabic), teir gwech (Breton), трикратно (trikratno) (Bulgarian), tres vegades (Catalan), tres voltes (Catalan), tres cops (Catalan), makatulo (Cebuano), katulo (Cebuano), 三次 (sān cì) (Chinese Mandarin), 三倍 (sān bèi) (Chinese Mandarin), ēxpa (Classical Nahuatl), třikrát (Czech), tre gange (Danish), driemaal (Dutch), driewerf [rare] (Dutch), trifoje (Esperanto), kolm korda (Estonian), kolmesti (Finnish), kolme kertaa (Finnish), kolmasti [dated] (Finnish), trois fois (French), tres veces (Galician), სამჯერ (samǯer) (Georgian), dreimal (German), τρις (tris) (Greek), פִּי שָׁלוֹשׁ (pí shalósh) (Hebrew), שָׁלוֹשׁ פְּעָמִים (shalósh p'amím) (Hebrew), तिबारा (tibārā) (Hindi), तिगुना (tigunā) (Hindi), háromszor (Hungarian), þrisvar (Icelandic), þrívegis (Icelandic), trefoye (Ido), trí huaire (Irish), tre volte (Italian), 三回 (sankai) (Japanese), 三度 (sando, mitabi) (note: for frequency) (Japanese), 三倍 (sanbai) (note: for scale ratio) (Japanese), 세 번 (se beon) (Korean), ter (Latin), dreimol [Paderbornisch] (Low German), dräimol (Luxembourgish), три пати (tri pati) (Macedonian), ᡳᠯᠠᠩᡤᡝᡵᡳ (ilanggeri) (Manchu), thries (Middle English), thrie (Middle English), golbmii (Northern Sami), tre ganger (Norwegian), þreowa (Old English), trzy razy (Polish), trzykrotnie (Polish), trzykroć (Polish), três vezes (Portuguese), de trei ori (Romanian), три́жды (tríždy) (Russian), три раза (tri raza) (Russian), त्रिस् (tris) (Sanskrit), три́пут [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), tríput [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), trikrát (Slovak), tres veces (Spanish), tre gånger (Swedish), trefalt (Swedish), makaitlo (Tagalog), üç kere (Turkish), 𐎘𐎍𐎘𐎛𐎄 (ṯlṯỉd) (Ugaritic), тричі (tryči) (Ukrainian), teirgwaith (Welsh), kathathu (Zulu)

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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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, […]",
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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(archaic outside India) Three times."
      ],
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          "word": "thrissome"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṯalāṯa marrātin",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ"
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        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṯalāṯan",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "ثَلَاثًا"
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        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "teir gwech"
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "trikratno",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "трикратно"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "tres vegades"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "tres voltes"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "tres cops"
        },
        {
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "makatulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "katulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sān cì",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "三次"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sān bèi",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "三倍"
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        {
          "code": "nci",
          "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "ēxpa"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "třikrát"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "tre gange"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "driemaal"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "three times",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "driewerf"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "trifoje"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "kolm korda"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "kolmesti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "kolme kertaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "three times",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "kolmasti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "trois fois"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "tres veces"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "samǯer",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "სამჯერ"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "dreimal"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tris",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "τρις"
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "trís",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "τρίς"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "triákis",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "τριάκις"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "pí shalósh",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "פִּי שָׁלוֹשׁ"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shalósh p'amím",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "שָׁלוֹשׁ פְּעָמִים"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tibārā",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "तिबारा"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tigunā",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "तिगुना"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "háromszor"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "þrisvar"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "þrívegis"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "trefoye"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "trí huaire"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "tre volte"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sankai",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "三回"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "for frequency",
          "roman": "sando, mitabi",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "三度"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "for scale ratio",
          "roman": "sanbai",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "三倍"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "se beon",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "세 번"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "ter"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "three times",
          "tags": [
            "Paderbornisch"
          ],
          "word": "dreimol"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "dräimol"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tri pati",
          "sense": "three times",
          "word": "три пати"
        },
        {
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
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          "code": "no",
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          "code": "ang",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "tl",
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          "code": "uga",
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          "roman": "ṯlṯỉd",
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          "word": "𐎘𐎍𐎘𐎛𐎄"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "code": "cy",
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          "code": "zu",
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      "word": "thryfallow"
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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, […]",
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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ṯalāṯa marrātin",
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      "word": "ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "三次"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "sān bèi",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "三倍"
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      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "ēxpa"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "word": "třikrát"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "tre gange"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "three times",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "driewerf"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "trifoje"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "kolm korda"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kolmesti"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "kolme kertaa"
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      "word": "kolmasti"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "trois fois"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "tres veces"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "samǯer",
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      "word": "სამჯერ"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "dreimal"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "tris",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "τρις"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "word": "τρίς"
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      "word": "τριάκις"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "pí shalósh",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "פִּי שָׁלוֹשׁ"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "shalósh p'amím",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "שָׁלוֹשׁ פְּעָמִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tibārā",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "तिबारा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tigunā",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "तिगुना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "háromszor"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "þrisvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "þrívegis"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "trefoye"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "trí huaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "tre volte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sankai",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "三回"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "for frequency",
      "roman": "sando, mitabi",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "三度"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "for scale ratio",
      "roman": "sanbai",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "三倍"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "se beon",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "세 번"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "ter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "three times",
      "tags": [
        "Paderbornisch"
      ],
      "word": "dreimol"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "dräimol"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tri pati",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "три пати"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "ilanggeri",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "ᡳᠯᠠᠩᡤᡝᡵᡳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "thries"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "thrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "golbmii"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "tre ganger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "þreowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "trzy razy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "trzykrotnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "trzykroć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "três vezes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "de trei ori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tríždy",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "три́жды"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tri raza",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "три раза"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "tris",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "त्रिस्"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "three times",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "три́пут"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "three times",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "tríput"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "trikrát"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "tres veces"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "tre gånger"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "trefalt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "makaitlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "üç kere"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "ṯlṯỉd",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "𐎘𐎍𐎘𐎛𐎄"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tryči",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "тричі"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "teirgwaith"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "three times",
      "word": "kathathu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thrice"
}

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