"tres" meaning in Latin

See tres in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Numeral

IPA: [ˈtreːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈtrɛs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Italic *trēs Latin tres From Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognates include Sanskrit त्रि (trí), Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs) and Old English þrēo (English three). Etymology templates: {{dercat|la|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|la|ine|tréyes}}, {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*trēs<id:three>|id=three|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Italic *trēs Latin tres, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*trēs}} Proto-Italic *trēs, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*tréyes}} Proto-Indo-European *tréyes, {{cog|sa|त्रि|tr=trí}} Sanskrit त्रि (trí), {{cog|grc|τρεῖς}} Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs), {{cog|ang|þrēo}} Old English þrēo, {{cog|en|three}} English three Head templates: {{la-num-adj|trēs<+.pl>|type=card}} trēs (neuter tria); third-declension two-termination numeral, plural only Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|trēs<+.pl>}} Forms: trēs [canonical], tria [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], trēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], tria [neuter, nominative, plural], trium [genitive, plural], tribus [dative, plural], trīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], trēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], tria [accusative, neuter, plural], tribus [ablative, plural], trēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], tria [neuter, plural, vocative], tris [alternative]
  1. three; 3 Tags: declension-3, numeral, plural, plural-only, two-termination Related terms: tertiārius, tertius, trias, triplex
    Sense id: en-tres-la-num-wrawXUT2 Categories (other): Latin cardinal numbers, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension numerals of two terminations, Pages with 30 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Derived forms: trēsvirī, tri-, triālis, triālitas, triambī, trīduum, triennālis, trihōrium, trimēstris, trīmulus, trīmus, trīnitās, triplex, triplus
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