troy

From Middle English troye, from Anglo-Norman. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, probably first used at a fair in Troyes, France.

• IPA^(key): /tɹɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

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troy (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to, troy weight.

• Tory, ryot, tory, tyro

• treis, trois

From Latin trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

troy

1. three

• Middle French: troys
  • French: trois
• Walloon: troes

Originally in the compound onza troy (“troy ounce”); a loan translation of English troy ounce, perhaps after the French city of Troyes.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾoi/ [ˈt̪ɾoi̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification: troy

troy (invariable)

1. troy

• “troy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024