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tri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tri"
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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Trió or abbreviation of English Tiriyó.

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tri

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Trió.

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English

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Etymology

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Shortening of words with the initial component derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).

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Noun

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tri (plural tris)

  1. (chiefly attributive) triathlon
    a tri bike
    a tri suit
  2. (computer graphics) triangle
    • 2009, Andrew Paquette, Computer Graphics for Artists II: Environments and Characters:
      The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris. Anything within that range is sufficient to accommodate all superficial anatomical details without resort to optimization beyond normal model cleanup.
    • 2010, Tony Mullen, Claudio Andaur, Blender Studio Projects: Digital Movie-Making, page 91:
      Tris and quads have different areas of functionality. In real-time graphics, tris are the norm because they provide the most basic geometric representations of planes.
  3. (bodybuilding, colloquial, uncommon) triceps

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *trī(-ā), from Proto-Indo-European *tríh₂ (“three”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τρία (tría, “three”) and Latin tria (“three”).

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tri

  1. three

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  • Tri is used with feminine nouns.
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Atong (India)

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Etymology

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From English three.

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tri (Bengali script ত্রি)

  1. three

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Bislama

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Etymology 1

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From English tree.

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tri

  1. tree

Etymology 2

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Bislama cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

From English three.

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tri

  1. three

Breton

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Breton numbers (edit)
30
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal (masculine): tri
    Cardinal (feminine): teir
    Ordinal: trede
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3e

Etymology

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From Middle Breton try, from Old Breton tri, from Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

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tri m (feminine teir)

  1. three

Mutation

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Mutation of tri
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed
tri dri zri unchanged unchanged

Cornish

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Cornish numbers (edit)
30
[a], [b] ←  2 3
3 		4  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal (masculine): tri
    Cardinal (feminine): teyr
    Ordinal: tressa
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3a
    Adverbial: teyrgweyth
    Multiplier: tryflek
    Fractional: tressa rann

Alternative forms

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  • (Standard Cornish) try
  • (Standard Written Form) trei

Etymology

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

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tri m (feminine form teyr, triggers aspirate mutation)

  1. three

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Mutation

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Mutation of tri
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
tri dri thri unchanged unchanged

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

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  • “tri” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Dutch

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Noun

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tri n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. synonym for trichloorethyleen, a chemical solvent

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Elfdalian

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Elfdalian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : trið

Etymology

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From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ f pl (þrijoʀ), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).

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tri

  1. three

Emilian

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Emilian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

Etymology

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Inherited from Latin tres. The formation of the masculine and feminine forms are likely analogical to du.

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tri (feminine trè (when attributive) or trèjj (when predicative)) (Parma)

  1. three, 3

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Esperanto

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Esperanto numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tri
    Ordinal: tria
    Adverbial: trie
    Multiplier: triobla, triopa
    Fractional: triona, triono

Etymology

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

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Numeral

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tri

  1. three (3)

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Fanagalo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English three.

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tri

  1. three

Finnish

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tri

  1. abbreviation of tohtori

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Only used in writing and together with a name, and is thus not inflected. For example in phrase tri Pentti Arajärvi only the family name Arajärvi is inflected.

Tämä tri Pentti Arajärven artikkeli on mielenkiintoinen.
This article written by Dr. Pentti Arajärvi is interesting.

French

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Etymology

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From trier.

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Noun

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tri m (plural tris)

  1. selection, sorting
  2. (computing) sort

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Ido

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Ido numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tri
    Ordinal: triesma
    Adverbial: trifoye
    Multiplier: triopla
    Fractional: triima

Etymology

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From Esperanto tri, from English three, French trois, German drei, Spanish tres, Italian tre, Russian три (tri), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

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tri

  1. three (3)

Indonesian

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Indonesian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

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

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tri

  1. three
    Synonyms: tiga, telu

Malay

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Malay numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tiga, tri, telu
    Ordinal: ketiga
    Fractional: pertiga

Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

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tri (Jawi spelling تري)

  1. three
    Synonyms: tiga, telu

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Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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From English three.

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tri

  1. three

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : tridje

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Danish and Swedish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir, English three.

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tri m (feminine trjå, neuter try or trju)

  1. three; (pre-2012) alternative form of tre
    Trjå matskeider salt.
    Three tablespoons of salt.

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *trei (compare Welsh trwy), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”); compare Sanskrit ति॒रस् (tirás), Latin trāns and Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh).

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Preposition

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tri (with the accusative; triggers lenition)

  1. through

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tri.

Inflection
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Inflection of tri
Person: normal emphatic
singular first trium
second triut triutsu
third
m or n 		dative
accusative triit triitsom, trítsom
third
f 		dative
accusative tree
plural first triunn triunni
second triib
third dative
accusative treu, treo

Forms combined with a definite article:

  • tris(s)in (“through the m sg or f sg”)
  • tris(s)a (“through the n sg”)
  • trisna (“through the pl”)

Forms combined with a possessive determiner:

Forms combined with a relative pronoun:

  • tresa (“through which”)
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Numeral

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tri

  1. alternative spelling of trí

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).

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tri

  1. three
    Synonyms: tĕlu, tiga, traya, tri

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Further reading

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  • "tri" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Slovak

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes
Proto-Slavic *trьje
Old Slovak tri

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trьje.

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    tri

    1. three
      svätých Troch kráľov; Tri krále ― Epiphany (January 6th) (literally, “of the holy Three Kings”)
      mezi tri prsty ― a pinch (literally, “between three fingers”)
      na tri stupaje ― approx. 3 feet as a legal gap between buildings (literally, “at three footsteps”)
      na tri uhly ― triangular (literally, “on three corners”)
      • 1585, “P. ĽUPČA 1585”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 6, Bratislava: VEDA, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC:
        na wssecki tri polia
        on all three fields
      • 1640, “ZVOLEN 1640”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 6, Bratislava: VEDA, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC:
        o trach sem ho tam wydala
        I gave it out there at three [o'clock]
      • 1756, “ZÁBORIE 1756”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 6, Bratislava: VEDA, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC:
        nic wjce newje swedek, nebo w trech w karti hrali
        the witness knows nothing more, for the three [of them] were playing cards
      • 1785, “BR 1785”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 6, Bratislava: VEDA, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC:
        prawdu mali, bezpochibi, wssecci trá
        they were right, without a doubt, all three

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    • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “tri”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    Possibly borrowed from French très.

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    • Rhymes: -i

    Adjective

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    tri

    1. (Rio Grande do Sul) cool, nice, good, interesting
    2. (Rio Grande do Sul) clipping of trilegal

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    tri

    1. (Rio Grande do Sul) very
      Synonym: tro

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    Romagnol

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    Etymology

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    From Latin tres (“three”).

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    tri

    1. three

    Samoan Plantation Pidgin

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    Etymology 1

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    From English three.

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    tri

    1. three

    Etymology 2

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    From English tree.

    Noun

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    tri

    1. tree

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    • Mosel, Ulrike (1980), Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Serbo-Croatian numbers (edit)
    30
     ←  2 3 4  → 
        Cardinal: tri
        Ordinal: treći
        Adverbial: triput, triždi
        Multiplier: trostruk, trojno
        Collective: troje, trojica
        Fractional: trećina

    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

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    trȋ (Cyrillic spelling три̑)

    1. three (3)
      Ispred grada tri bilborda stoje ― Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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    • As a vestige of the Proto-Slavic dual number, nouns following the numbers 2-4 are in genitive singular.
    • In standard Serbo-Croatian, tri declines according to case, but this is not always done in speech.

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    Declension of tri
    singular
    nominative trȋ
    genitive trìjū
    dative trìma
    accusative trȋ
    vocative trȋ
    locative trìma
    instrumental trìma

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    Sicilian

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    Sicilian cardinal numbers
     <  2 3 4  > 
        Cardinal : tri
        Ordinal : terzu

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    From the apocope of the intermediate *trii, from Vulgar Latin *trēi, after the final -s iotacism of Latin trēs. Cognate with Aromanian, Istro-Romanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Romanian trei, Italian tre, Neapolitan tréje, Spanish tres. Doublet of tria.

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    tri

    1. three

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    .

    Slovak

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    Slovak numbers (edit)
    30
     ←  2 3 4  → 
        Cardinal: tri
        Ordinal: tretí
        Multiplier: trikrát, tri razy
        Adv. ord. mult. (-krát): tretíkrát
        Adv. ord. mult. (raz): tretí raz
        Adjectival multiplier: trojnásobný
        Adverbial multiplier: trojnásobne
        Generic adjectival: trojaký
        Generic adverbial: trojako
        Collective: troje
        Fractional: tretina
        Noun: trojka

    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes
    Proto-Slavic *trьje
    Old Slovak tri
    Slovak tri

      Inherited from Old Slovak tri.

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      • IPA(key): /tri/, [ˈtri]
      • Audio (Bratislava):(file)
      • Rhymes: -i

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      tri

      1. three
        tárať dve na tri ― to talk nonsense (literally, “to babble two on three”)
        boli mu tri svety ― he was in seventh heaven (literally, “three worlds were to him”)
        vyzerá, akoby nevedel do troch napočítať ― to look stupid (literally, “looks as if he couldn't count to three”)
        držať niekoho na tri kroky od tela ― to keep someone at arm's length (literally, “to keep someone at three steps from the body”)
        traja zamrznutí svätí ― the ice saints (literally, “three frozen saints”)
        na Tri krále ― on Epiphany (literally, “on Three Kings”)
        V našej záhrade rastú tri staré jablone. ― There are three old apple trees growing in our garden.
        Na lavičke v parku sedeli traja starí kamaráti. ― Three old friends were sitting on a bench in the park.

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      • Unlike the numerals 5 and above, the numeral tri is always fully declined and the noun must agree in case, gender, and number (e.g., traja chlapi in the masculine personal nominative). Likewise, when the numeral tri is part of the subject of a sentence, the verb must instead agree with the plural subject (e.g., traja chlapi prišli).

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      Declension of tri
      virilenonvirile
      nominativetrajatri
      genitivetroch
      dativetrom
      accusativetrochtri
      locativetroch
      instrumentaltroma,
      tromi

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      Slovak cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
      —0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
      0— nula jeden dva tri štyri päť šesť sedem osem deväť
      10— desať jedenásť dvanásť trinásť štrnásť pätnásť šestnásť sedemnásť osemnásť devätnásť
      20— dvadsať dvadsaťjeden, jedenadvadsať dvadsaťdva, dvaadvadsať dvadsaťtri, triadvadsať dvadsaťštyri, štyriadvadsať dvadsaťpäť, päťadvadsať dvadsaťšesť, šesťadvadsať dvadsaťsedem, sedemadvadsať dvadsaťosem, osemadvadsať dvadsaťdeväť, deväťadvadsať
      30— tridsať tridsaťjeden, jedenatridsať tridsaťdva, dvaatridsať tridsaťtri, triatridsať tridsaťštyri, štyriatridsať tridsaťpäť, päťatridsať tridsaťšesť, šesťatridsať tridsaťsedem, sedematridsať tridsaťosem, osematridsať tridsaťdeväť, deväťatridsať
      40— štyridsať štyridsaťjeden, jedenaštyridsať štyridsaťdva, dvaaštyridsať štyridsaťtri, triaštyridsať štyridsaťštyri, štyriaštyridsať štyridsaťpäť, päťaštyridsať štyridsaťšesť, šesťaštyridsať štyridsaťsedem, sedemaštyridsať štyridsaťosem, osemaštyridsať štyridsaťdeväť, deväťaštyridsať
      50— päťdesiat päťdesiatjeden, jedenapäťdesiat päťdesiatdva, dvaapäťdesiat päťdesiattri, triapäťdesiat päťdesiatštyri, štyriapäťdesiat päťdesiatpäť, päťapäťdesiat päťdesiatšesť, šesťapäťdesiat päťdesiatsedem, sedemapäťdesiat päťdesiatosem, osemapäťdesiat päťdesiatdeväť, deväťapäťdesiat
      60— šesťdesiat šesťdesiatjeden, jedenašesťdesiat šesťdesiatdva, dvaašesťdesiat šesťdesiattri, triašesťdesiat šesťdesiatštyri, štyriašesťdesiat šesťdesiatpäť, päťašesťdesiat šesťdesiatšesť, šesťašesťdesiat šesťdesiatsedem, sedemašesťdesiat šesťdesiatosem, osemašesťdesiat šesťdesiatdeväť, deväťašesťdesiat
      70— sedemdesiat sedemdesiatjeden, jedenasedemdesiat sedemdesiatdva, dvaasedemdesiat sedemdesiattri, triasedemdesiat sedemdesiatštyri, štyriasedemdesiat sedemdesiatpäť, päťasedemdesiat sedemdesiatšesť, šesťasedemdesiat sedemdesiatsedem, sedemasedemdesiat sedemdesiatosem, osemasedemdesiat sedemdesiatdeväť, deväťasedemdesiat
      80— osemdesiat osemdesiatjeden, jedenaosemdesiat osemdesiatdva, dvaaosemdesiat osemdesiattri, triaosemdesiat osemdesiatštyri, štyriaosemdesiat osemdesiatpäť, päťaosemdesiat osemdesiatšesť, šesťaosemdesiat osemdesiatsedem, sedemaosemdesiat osemdesiatosem, osemaosemdesiat osemdesiatdeväť, deväťaosemdesiat
      90— deväťdesiat deväťdesiatjeden, jedenadeväťdesiat deväťdesiatdva, dvaadeväťdesiat deväťdesiattri, triadeväťdesiat deväťdesiatštyri, štyriadeväťdesiat deväťdesiatpäť, päťadeväťdesiat deväťdesiatšesť, šesťadeväťdesiat deväťdesiatsedem, sedemadeväťdesiat deväťdesiatosem, osemadeväťdesiat deväťdesiatdeväť, deväťadeväťdesiat

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      • “tri”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

      Slovene

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

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      trȋ

      1. three

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      This is the usual form used when counting or reciting numbers.

      Spanish

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      Etymology

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      Clipping of tricolor.

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      • IPA(key): /ˈtɾi/ [ˈt̪ɾi]
      • Rhymes: -i
      • Syllabification: tri

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      tri m (uncountable)

      1. (soccer, preceded by "el") the Mexican national football team
        Synonym: tricolor

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      tri f (uncountable)

      1. (soccer, preceded by "la") the Ecuador national football team
        Synonym: tricolor

      Tok Pisin

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      Tok Pisin numbers (edit)
      30
       ←  2 3 4  → 
          Cardinal: tri

      Etymology

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      From English three.

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      tri

      1. three (3)

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      Used when counting; see also tripela.

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      Tok Pisin cardinal numbers from 1 to 99
      —0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
      0— — wan tu tri foa faiv sikis seven et nain
      10— ten eleven twelv tetin fotin fiftin sikistin seventin etin naintin
      20— twenti tupela ten wan tupela ten tu tupela ten tri tupela ten foa tupela ten faiv tupela ten sikis tupela ten seven tupela ten et tupela ten nain
      30— teti tripela ten wan tripela ten tu tripela ten tri tripela ten foa tripela ten faiv tripela ten sikis tripela ten seven tripela ten et tripela ten nain
      40— foti fopela ten wan fopela ten tu fopela ten tri fopela ten foa fopela ten faiv fopela ten sikis fopela ten seven fopela ten et fopela ten nain
      50— fifti faivpela ten wan faivpela ten tu faivpela ten tri faivpela ten foa faivpela ten faiv faivpela ten sikis faivpela ten seven faivpela ten et faivpela ten nain
      60— sikisti sikispela ten wan sikispela ten tu sikispela ten tri sikispela ten foa sikispela ten faiv sikispela ten sikis sikispela ten seven sikispela ten et sikispela ten nain
      70— seventi sevenpela ten wan sevenpela ten tu sevenpela ten tri sevenpela ten foa sevenpela ten faiv sevenpela ten sikis sevenpela ten seven sevenpela ten et sevenpela ten nain
      80— eti etpela ten wan etpela ten tu etpela ten tri etpela ten foa etpela ten faiv etpela ten sikis etpela ten seven etpela ten et etpela ten nain
      90— nainti nainpela ten wan nainpela ten tu nainpela ten tri nainpela ten foa nainpela ten faiv nainpela ten sikis nainpela ten seven nainpela ten et nainpela ten nain

      Torres Strait Creole

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      Etymology 1

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      From English three.

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      tri

      1. three

      Etymology 2

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      From English tree.

      Noun

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      tri

      1. tree

      Venetan

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      Etymology

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      From Latin trēs. Compare Italian tre.

      Numeral

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      tri m

      1. three

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      Vietnamese

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      Alternative forms

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      Pronunciation

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      Etymology 1

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Verb

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      tri

      1. to smear; to daub
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      Etymology 2

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      Romanization

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      tri

      1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 知
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      Welsh

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      Welsh numbers (edit)
      30[a], [b], [c]
      [a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → [a], [b]
          Cardinal (masculine): tri
          Cardinal (feminine): tair
          Ordinal (masculine): trydydd
          Ordinal (feminine): trydedd
          Ordinal abbreviation (masculine): 3ydd
          Ordinal abbreviation (feminine): 3edd
          Adverbial: teirgwaith
          Multiplier: triphlyg
      Welsh Wikipedia article on 3

      Etymology

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

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      Numeral

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      tri m (feminine tair)

      1. (cardinal number) three

      Usage notes

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      Tri is used only before grammatically masculine nouns. It triggers the aspirate mutation in the written language, but this is heard only occasionally in speech.

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      Mutation

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      Mutated forms of tri
      radical soft nasal aspirate
      tri dri nhri thri

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

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