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4-letter words (4 found)

ERST,REST,RETS,TRES,

3-letter words (7 found)

ERS,EST,RES,RET,SER,SET,TES,

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ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TE,

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Definitions and meaning of tres

tres

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tres (“three”). Doublet of three and trey.

Noun

tres (plural treses)

  1. (music) A three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban variant has six strings, and the Puerto Rican has nine.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
  • Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tres

  1. plural of tre

Anagrams

  • Rest., 'rest, rest., REST, -ster, ERTs, rets, erst, rest, RETs, TERs, SERT, estr-, -estr-

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trōtja, etymologically identical with Proto-Slavic *trǫtja (“to spend, waste”).

Verb

tres (aorist treta, participle tretur)

  1. to dissolve, digest, melt down, lose weight
  2. to throw away

Derived terms

  • tretje

References

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Numeral

tres

  1. three

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾes/ [t̪ɾes]

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

tres (indeclinable)

  1. three
Usage notes

When there is possibility of confusion with the preposition tres, the numeral tres is accented as trés

Etymology 2

From Latin trāns (“beyond, on the other side”).

Preposition

tres

  1. behind, beyond
  2. after

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tres.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/ [ˈtɾes]
  • Hyphenation: tres

Numeral

tres (Basahan spelling ᜆ᜔ᜍᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. three
    Synonym: tulo

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognates include Occitan and Spanish tres, Italian tre, French trois.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈtɾɛs]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈtɾəs]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾes]
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Numeral

tres m or f

  1. (cardinal number) three

Derived terms

  • tenir en cap a tres quarts de quinze (“be absent-minded or crazy”)
  • en un tres i no res
  • buscar tres peus al gat (“search for all the inconveniences”)

Noun

tres m (plural tresos)

  1. three
  2. (castells) a castell with three castellers on each level of the tronc

Further reading

  • “tres”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Danish

Etymology

Clipping of tresindstyve.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtres/, [ˈtˢʁ̥æs]
  • Rhymes: -as

Numeral

tres

  1. sixty
    Synonyms: tresindstyve, seksti

Related terms

  • tressende (“sixtieth”)
  • tresser (“sixties”)
  • tresindstyvende (“sixtieth”)

References

  • “tres” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “tres” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Extremaduran

Etymology

Akin to Spanish, from Latin.

Numeral

tres

  1. three

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/
  • Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: tres

Numeral

tres

  1. three

Further reading

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/ [ˈt̪ɾes̺]
  • Rhymes: -es

Numeral

tres (indeclinable)

  1. three

Further reading

  • “tres”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tres.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/ [ˈtɾes]
  • Hyphenation: tres

Numeral

tres (Kur-itan spelling ᜆ᜔ᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. three
    Synonym: tallo

Interlingua

Numeral

tres

  1. three

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

    From Portuguese três.

    Numeral

    tres

    1. three (3)

    Kristang

    Etymology

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

      Numeral

      tres

      1. three

      Ladino

      Alternative forms

      • trez

      Etymology

      Inherited from Old Spanish tres (“three”), from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

      Pronunciation

      Numeral

      tres (Hebrew spelling טריס)

      1. three (3) [ca. 1510]

      Related terms

      References

      Latin

      Alternative forms

      • tris
      • Symbol: III

      Etymology

        From Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognates include Sanskrit त्रि (trí), Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs) and Old English þrēo (English three).

        Pronunciation

        • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtreːs]
        • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪rɛs]

        Numeral

        trēs (neuter tria); third-declension two-termination numeral, plural only

        1. three; 3

        Usage notes

        See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

        Declension

        Third-declension two-termination adjective, plural only.

        Derived terms

        Related terms

        • tertiārius
        • tertius
        • trias
        • triplex

        Descendants

        See also

        • Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

        References

        • “tres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • “tres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
        • "tres", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
        • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.

        Middle English

        Noun

        tres

        1. plural of tre

        Middle French

        Adverb

        tres

        1. manuscript form of trés

        Norwegian Bokmål

        Verb

        tres

        1. passive of tre (Etymologies 3 & 4)

        Occitan

        Etymology

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

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/
        • Hyphenation: tres

        Numeral

        tres

        1. three

        Related terms

        • trenta
        • tresen

        Old Galician-Portuguese

        Etymology

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

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes̺/

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three (3)

          Descendants

          • Fala: tres
          • Galician: tres
          • Portuguese: três

          Old Occitan

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three (3)

          Descendants

          • Occitan: tres

          Old Spanish

          Alternative forms

          • III (representation in Roman numerals)

          Etymology

          From Latin trēs.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three

          Related terms

          • tercero

          Descendants

          • Spanish: tres

          Papiamentu

          Etymology

          From Portuguese três and Spanish tres and Kabuverdianu tres.

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three (3)

          Portuguese

          Numeral

          tres m or f

          1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of três.

          Adjective

          tres m or f

          1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of três.

          Noun

          tres m (invariable)

          1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of três.

          Romansch

          Alternative forms

          • trais (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
          • treis (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

          Etymology

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

          Number

          tres

          1. (Sutsilvan) three

          Sardinian

          Etymology

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

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈtres/, [ˈtɾɛː.zɛ̆]

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three

          Spanish

          Etymology

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

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/ [ˈt̪ɾes]
          • Rhymes: -es
          • Syllabification: tres

          Numeral

          tres

          1. three

          Derived terms

          Related terms

          Further reading

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

          Tagalog

          Etymology

          Borrowed from Spanish tres.

          Pronunciation

          • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtɾes/ [ˈt̪ɾɛs]
          • Rhymes: -es
          • Syllabification: tres

          Numeral

          tres (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

          1. three
            Synonym: tatlo
          2. (basketball) three-point shot

          Related terms

          Further reading

          • “tres”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

          Source: wiktionary.org