trois

French

French numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: trois
    Ordinal: troisième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3e, (nonstandard) 3ème
    Multiplier: triple
    Fractional: tiers

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tʁwa/ ~ /tʁwɑ/, [t̪χwa]
    • Audio (France):(file)
    • (Quebec, informal) IPA(key): [tʁwɔ]
    • Homophone: Troyes
    • Rhymes: -a

    Numeral

    trois (invariable)

    1. three

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Haitian Creole: twa
    • Louisiana Creole: trò, trwa

    See also

    Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
    as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
    huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

    Further reading

    Anagrams

    Old French

    Alternative forms

    • treis (12th c., or Anglo-Norman)
    • troys
    • troi (troy) (sometimes used with nomin. plurals that do not end in -s)

    Etymology

      From Latin trēs.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈtɾoi̯s/

      Numeral

      cardinal number
      3 Previous: deus
      Next: quatre

      trois

      1. three

      Descendants

      Welsh

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      trois

      1. first-person singular preterite of troi

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of trois
      radical soft nasal aspirate
      trois drois nhrois throis

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.