Definition of THREE

three

Meanings

Plural: threes

Noun

  • the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
  • one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
  • The digit/figure 3.
  • Anything measuring three units, as length.
  • A person who is three years old.
  • The playing card featuring three pips.
  • Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
  • Abbreviation of three-pointer.

Adjective Satellite

  • being one more than two

Num

  • A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
  • Describing a set or group with three elements.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English thre, threo, thrie, thri, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Doublet of tres and trey.
Cognate with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian երեք (erekʻ), Latin trēs, Latvian trīs, Lithuanian trỹs, Greek τρεῖς (treîs), Old Church Slavonic трьѥ (trĭje), and others.

Scrabble Score: 8

three is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
three is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
three is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

three is a valid Words With Friends word