tre

From Proto-Albanian *trei-, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate to Latin trēs (“three”) and Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).

• IPA^(key): /tɾɛ/

tre

1. (cardinal) three

• tri

tre

1. very

   Mat-tre!

   Very good!

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

tre

1. (cardinal) three

Borrowed from French très.

• IPA^(key): /tre/
• Hyphenation: tre
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tre

1. very

Borrowed from Esperanto tre, French très.

• IPA^(key): /tre/

tre

1. very

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

• IPA^(key): /tre/, [t̪r̺e]
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: tré

tre

1. (cardinal) three

tre m (invariable)

1. three

tre f pl

1. (following the article le) three o'clock (a.m. or p.m.)

   Sono le tre.

   It's three o'clock.

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly, joker, matta

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• tree, treo, trew, trewe, treou, trow, trowe

From Old English trēo, in turn from Proto-Germanic *trewą. Ultimately descended from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /trøː/
• IPA^(key): /treː/
• Rhymes: -eː

tre (plural tres or treen)

1. A tree or a plant that resembles one.

• appeltre
• axiltre
• extre
• figge tre
• hawe tre
• peretre
• thornetre
• treen

• English: tree
• Scots: tree

From Latin tres. Compare Italian tre.

tre

1. (cardinal) three

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

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• IPA^(key): /tɾeː/

tre

1. (cardinal) three

• tredje

From Old Norse tré. The plurals trær and trærne are derived from Danish træ.

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• IPA^(key): /tɾeː/

tre n (definite singular treet, indefinite plural tre or trær, definite plural trea or trærne)

1. a tree
2. wood

   Dette bordet er lagd av tre.

   This table is made of wood.

From Middle Low German treden

tre (imperative tre, present tense trer, passive tres, simple past trådte, past participle trådt, present participle tredende)

1. to step (in, out etc.), to tread

   (military) Tre av! - Dismissed!

   (legislation etc.) tre i kraft - come into effect, come into force

• fratre
• opptre
• overtre

From tråd

• træ

tre (imperative tre, present tense trer, passive tres, simple past tredde, past participle tredd)

1. to thread

   tre en nål ― thread a needle

• “tre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /treː/

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

• tri (bracket form, defunct)

tre

1. (cardinal) three

From Old Norse tré. Akin to English tree

tre n (definite singular treet, indefinite plural tre, definite plural trea)

1. a tree

   Trea i skogen var gamle.

   The trees in the forest were old.

2. wood

From Middle Low German treden. Akin to English tread

tre (present tense trer, past tense tredde, past participle tredd or trett, passive infinitive treast, present participle treande, imperative tre)

1. (military) to step (in, out etc.)

   Tre av!

   Dismissed!

• opptre

• “tre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

tre

1. very

Short form of trebuie

• IPA^(key): [tre]

tre

1. (informal) third-person singular present indicative of trebui

• trebe
• trebie
• trebuie

From Old Irish trí (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂- (zero-grade form) of *terh₂- (“to pass through”).

tre

1. through, by means of

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

• IPA^(key): /treː/

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• Rhymes: -eː

tre

1. (cardinal) three

• trenne (archaic)

• trea
• tredje

• noll, ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio, elva, tolv

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Tocharian B trey, trai.

tre

1. three

From Proto-Vietic *k-lɛː.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɛ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈɛ˧˧]

(classifier cây) tre

1. bamboo

• trúc
• nứa

• IPA^(key): /treː/

tre f (plural trefi)

1. Alternative form of tref