tre

Noun

tre (plural tres)

1. Obsolete form of tree.
   • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] x:[3–4], folio xxviii, verso, column 1:

     They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the woꝛke man, and faſhion it with the axe: they couer it ouer with golde oꝛ ſyluer, they faſten it w^t nales and hammers, that it moue not.

See also

• tre corde

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɛ/

Numeral

tre

1. three

Adverb

tre

1. very

   Mat-tre!

   Very good!

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *treβ, from Proto-Celtic *trebā, from Proto-Indo-European *treb-. Cognate with Welsh tref

Noun

tre f (plural trevow)

1. home, homestead
2. town, village

Adverb

tre

1. at home
2. back, homewards

Mutation

Etymology

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

The modern Danish form is a merger of the original East Old Norse accusative masculine þrēa (West þrjá) and the nominative/accusative feminine þrēaʀ (West þrjár).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢʁ̥ɛˀ]

Numeral

tre

1. three

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French très.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tre/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: tre

Adverb

tre

1. very

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto tre, French très.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tre/

Adverb

tre

1. very

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtre/^*

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: tré

Numeral

tre (invariable)

1. three

Noun

tre m (invariable)

1. three

See also

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

Etymology

From Sanskrit त्रयः (trayaḥ), from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tre

1. three; 3