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three

Translingual

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Signal flag for the digit 3

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Borrowed from English three.

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Noun

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three

  1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 3.
    Synonym: terrathree (ITU/IMO)


ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes
Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliett Kilo Lima Mike
November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu
zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner) hundred thousand decimal
ICAO/NATO vs ITU/IMO radiotelephonic clear codes for digits
ICAO/NATO zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner)
ITU/IMO nadazero unaone bissotwo terrathree kartefour pantafive soxisix setteseven oktoeight novenine

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  1. ^ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status‎[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, 2001 October, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1

English

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30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: three
    Ordinal: third
    Abbreviated ordinal: 3rd
    Latinate ordinal: tertiary
    Reverse order ordinal: third to last
    Latinate reverse order ordinal: antepenultimate
    Adverbial: three times, thrice
    Multiplier: threefold
    Latinate multiplier: triple
    Distributive: triply
    Germanic collective: trio, threesome
    Collective of n parts: triplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: triad
    Greek collective prefix: tri-
    Latinate collective prefix: tri-
    Fractional: third
    Elemental: triplet
    Greek prefix: trito-
    Number of musicians: trio, triplet
    Number of years: triennium

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Etymology

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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.

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three

  1. A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
    • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
      Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
    • 1995, Nancy Berliner, Sarah Handler, Friends of the House‎[2], →ISBN, page 79:
      There is a soft-mat seat (which originally had a palm fiber underwebbing) supported by three curved transverse braces.
    • 2003 April 7, Michelle Lamoreaux, Robert Lamoreaux, “A Spy is Born Part II”, in Totally Spies!, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Clover (Jennifer Hale as Samantha “Sam” and Andrea Taylor), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:
      Okay, on three, we open the door and jump on the rope. One, two…
      Wait, wait! Do we go on three? Or do we go on “go”?
      Three! Who said anything about “go”?
    • 2011 October 18, Paul Dini, Paul Crocker, Sefton Hill, Batman: Arkham City, spoken by Joker thugs, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, via Rocksteady Studios:
      Why should she care? One…two…
      Do we shoot on three?
      Yes on three. Like one, two, three, shoot.
    • 2021 September 15, Hannah Ryan, “RuPaul has a new namesake – and it’s a fabulous, rainbow-colored fly”, in CNN‎[3]:
      The beetles are named Binburrum articuno, Binburrum moltres and Binburrum zapdos after three rare Pokémon: Articuno, Moltres and Zapdos.
  2. Describing a set or group with three elements.

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Noun

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three (plural threes)

  1. The digit/figure 3.
  2. Anything measuring three units, as length.
    Put all the threes in a separate container.
  3. A person who is three years old.
    All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
  4. The playing card featuring three pips.
  5. Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
  6. (basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.

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Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
             
ace deuce, two three four five six seven
             
eight nine ten jack, knave queen king joker
Symbols of number three in various numeral systems

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Numeral

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three

  1. Alternative spelling of tree.

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Scots numbers (edit)
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: three
    Ordinal: third

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Etymology

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From Middle English thre, from Old English þriē, þrī, þreō, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

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three

  1. three

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