three
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
three/θriː/
▶cardinal number equivalent to the sum of one and two; one more than two; 3. (Roman numeral: iii or III)
– phrases
three parts three quarters.
three parts three quarters.
– derivatives
threefold adjective & adverb.
threefold adjective & adverb.
– origin OE thrīe (masc.), thrīo, thrēo (fem.), of Gmc origin.
'three' also found in these Oxford entries:
ai
- among
- ani
- anticodon
- arachnoid
- asterism
- auric
- axonometric
- baccarat
- balalaika
- bandora
- bank
- banns
- barque
- bawbee
- bendlet
- best
- Beth Din
- Bihari
- billiards
- bird's-foot trefoil
- biretta
- Blackfoot
- bluebird
- bluestocking
- bogbean
- Boston ivy
- Brazil
- bristletail
- bubble car
- bully
- cable-laid
- cardinal number
- Cartesian coordinates
- cheer
- chickaree
- chord
- clamp
- clover
- club sandwich
- coati
- codon
- coelacanth
- cohort
- colour
- come
- compound time
- concurrent
- configuration
- consubstantial
