From en.wiktionary.org:
** Translingual
{| class="wikitable floatright" ! frameless |- | |- ! frameless |- | Signal
flag for the digit 3 |}
*** Alternative forms
- [mul]
*** Etymology
[mul].
*** Pronunciation
- [mul] , like [en] [1]
*** Noun
[mul-noun]
1. [NATO/ICAO=1]
[ICAO letter codewords] [ITU digit codewords]
*** References
References:
[1]. [url=https://www.icao.int/Meetings/anconf12/Document%20Archive/AN10_V2_cons%5B1%5D.pdf]
** English
[wikipedia] [en]
*** Alternative forms
- [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] [all obsolete]
*** Etymology
[en] From [en], [enm], [enm], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en], from
[en]. [en].
Cognate with [de], [sq], [hy], [la], [lv], [lt], [el], [cu], and others.
*** Pronunciation
- [thrē] [en]
- [frē] [en]
- [en]
- [thrē] [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Numeral
[en]
1. [en] A numerical value after two and before four . Represented in Arabic digits as 3 ; this many dots (•••).
2. * [8]
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1995 | author=Nancy Berliner; Sarah Handler | title=Friends of the House | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3P0MAAAAYAAJ | isbn=0883891344 | page=79
|passage=There is a soft-mat seat (which originally had a palm fiber
underwebbing) supported by THREE curved transverse braces.}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. [Describing a set or group with three element s.]
**** Synonyms
- [numerical value] [en] , [en] [dialectal]
**** Related terms
- [en] , [en] , [en]
**** Translations
[cardinal number 3] {{multitrans|data=
- Aari: [aiw]
- Abaza: [abq]
- Abkhaz: [ab] , [ab] [old spelling]
- Acehnese: [ace]
- Adyghe: [ady]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Aghwan: [xag]
- Ainu: [ain]
- Aiton: [aio]
- Akaha: [ijs]
- Akan: [ak] , [ak]
- Akkadian: [akk]
- Aklanon: [akl]
- Albanian: [sq] , [sq]
- Aleut:
- Alutiiq: [ems]
- American Sign Language: 25px , [ase]
- Amharic: [am] , [am] (numeral: [am] )
- Andi: [ani]
- Arabic: [ar] (numeral: [ar] ), [ar]
- Aragonese: [an]
- Aramaic:
- Archi: [aqc]
- Argobba: [agj]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Asháninka: [cni]
- Assamese: [as] (numeral: ৩ )
- Asturian: [ast] , [ast]
- Avar: [av]
- Aymara: [ay]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Banjarese: [bjn]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bassa: [bsq]
- Bay Miwok: [mkq]
- Belarusian: [be] , [collective] [be] , [be]
- Bengali: [bn] (numeral: ৩ )
- Bhojpuri: [bho]
- Big Nambas: [nmb]
- Bikol Central: [bcl]
- Bislama: [bi]
- Bookan: [bnb]
- Brahui: [brh]
- Breton: [br] , [br]
- Brunei Malay: [kxd]
- Budukh: [bdk] , [bdk]
- Buginese: [bug]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my] (numeral: [my] )
- Buryat: [bua]
- Cahuilla: [chl]
- Carpathian Rusyn: [rue]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Cebuano: [ceb]
- Cèmuhî: [cam]
- Central Atlas Tamazight: [tzm]
- Central Dusun: [dtp]
- Central Sierra Miwok: [csm]
- Chakma: [ccp]
- Cham:
- Chamicuro: [ccc]
- Chamorro: [ch]
- Champenois: [roa-cha]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Chepang: [cdm]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chichewa: [ny]
- Chickasaw: [cic]
- Chinese:
- Chinook Jargon: [chn]
- Chukchi: [ckt]
- Chuukese: [chk] , [chk] , [chk]
- Chuvash: [cv] , [cv]
- Classical Nahuatl: [nci]
- Cornish: [kw] , [kw]
- Corsican: [co]
- Cowlitz: [cow]
- Cree: [cr]
- Crimean Tatar: [crh]
- Czech: [cs] , [collective] [cs]
- Dalmatian: [dlm]
- Danish: [da]
- Defaka: [afn]
- Dena'ina: [tfn]
- Dhivehi: [dv]
- Dinka: [din]
- Dolgan: [dlg]
- Drung: [duu]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Dzongkha: [dz]
- Edo: [bin]
- Elfdalian: [ovd]
- Enga: [enq]
- Erzya: [myv]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Even: [eve]
- Evenki: [evn]
- Ewe: [ee]
- Extremaduran: [ext]
- Faroese: [fo] , [fo] , [fo] , [fo] [distributive number]
- Fataluku: [ddg]
- Fijian: [fj]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Forest Enets: [enf]
- Forest Nenets: [syd-fne]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Ga: [gaa] , [gaa]
- Gagauz: [gag]
- Galician: [gl]
- Garifuna: [cab]
- Ge'ez: [gez] , [gez] (numeral: [gez] )
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gilaki: [glk]
- Gilbertese: [gil]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el] , [el] [numeral]
- Greenlandic: [kl]
- Guaraní: [gn]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Hadza: [hts] and inflections
- Haitian Creole: [ht]
- Hausa: [ha]
- Hawaiian: [haw] , [haw]
- Hebrew: [he] [used in counting] , [he]
- Higaonon: [mba]
- Hiligaynon: [hil]
- Hindi: [hi] (numeral: [hi] ), [hi]
- Hiri Motu: [ho]
- Hlai: [lic]
- Hopi: [hop]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Hunsrik: [hrx]
- Ibani: [iby]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is] , [is]
- Icelandic Sign Language: [icl]
- Ido: [io]
- Ifè: [ife]
- Igala: [igl]
- Igbo: [ig]
- Ilocano: [ilo]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Ingush: [inh]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Inupiaq: [ik]
- Iquito: [iqu]
- Iranun: [ill] , [ill]
- Irish: [ga]
- Isnag: [isd]
- Istriot: [ist]
- Istro-Romanian: [ruo]
- Italian: [it]
- Itelmen: [itl]
- Itsekiri: [its]
- Izon: [ijc] [counting] , [ijc] [qualifying]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Jarai: [jra]
- Javanese: [jv]
- Jeju: [jje] , [jje] [determiner] , [jje] [Sino-Korean]
- Kabardian: [kbd]
- Kabuverdianu: [kea]
- Kaitag: [xdq] , [xdq]
- Kalmyk: [xal]
- Kannada: [kn] : (numeral: [kn] )
- Kanuri: [kr]
- Kapampangan: [pam]
- Karachay-Balkar: [krc]
- Karaim: [kdr]
- Karakhanid: [xqa]
- Karelian: [krl]
- Kashubian: [csb]
- Kaurna: [zku]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khakas: [kjh]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
- Khmer: [km] (numeral: [km] )
- Kimbundu: [kmb]
- Kinaray-a: [krj]
- Kirike: [okr]
- Kokborok: [trp]
- Komi-Permyak: [koi]
- Komi-Zyrian: [kpv]
- Kongo: [kg]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] [determiner] , [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Koryak: [kpy]
- Kumyk: [kum]
- Kuna: [cuk]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Ladakhi: [lbj]
- Lakota: [lkt]
- Lao: [lo] (numeral: [lo] )
- Latgalian: [ltg]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lutuv: [clt]
- Lezgi: [lez]
- Ligurian: [lij] , [lij]
- Lingala: [ln]
- Lithuanian: [lt] , [lt]
- Livonian: [liv]
- Lombard: [lmo] , [lmo]
- Louisiana Creole French: [lou] , [lou]
- Low German:
- Lycian: [xlc]
- Lü: [khb] (numeral: ᧓ )
- Lucumí: [luq]
- Luo: [luo]
- Lushootseed: [lut]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Madurese: [mad]
- Maguindanao: [mdh]
- Makasar: [mak]
- Malagasy: [mg]
- Malay:
- Malayalam: [ml] , [ml] (numeral: ൩ )
- Maltese: [mt]
- Manchu: [mnc]
- Mangarevan: [mrv]
- Mansaka: [msk]
- Manx: [gv] , [gv]
- Maori: [mi]
- Maranao: [mrw]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Mari:
- Maricopa: [mrc] , [mrc]
- Marshallese: [mh]
- Mauritian Creole: [mfe]
- Mazanderani: [mzn]
- Megleno-Romanian: [ruq]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Middle Mongol: [xng]
- Minangkabau: [min]
- Mirandese: [mwl]
- Mizo: [lus]
- Mòcheno: [mhn]
- Mon: [mnw]
- Mongolian:
- Montagnais: [moe]
- Motu: [meu]
- Mudburra: [dmw]
- Muong: [mtq]
- Muyang: [muy]
- Mwani: [wmw]
- Nama: [naq]
- Nauruan: [na]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Negidal: [neg] , [neg]
- Nepali: [ne]
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj]
- Nigerian Pidgin: [pcm]
- Niuean: [niu]
- Nivkh: [niv]
- Nogai: [nog]
- Norman: [nrf]
- North Frisian:
- Northern Khanty: [kca-nor] [Kazym]
- Northern Mansi: [mns-nor] [mns-nor]
- Northern Ohlone: [cst]
- Northern Thai: [nod]
- Northern Yukaghir: [ykg]
- Norwegian:
- Nuosu: [ii]
- Nǀuu: [ngh] , [ngh]
- O'odham: [ood]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Odia: [or] (numeral: [or] )
- Ojibwe: [oj]
- Okinawan: [ryu] , [ryu] , [ryu] [counting]
- Okordia: [okd]
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old English: [ang]
- Old Frisian: [ofs] , [ofs] , [ofs]
- Old Javanese: [kaw] , [kaw]
- Old Turkic: [otk]
- Olukumi: [ulb] , [ulb]
- Orok: [oaa]
- Oromo: [om]
- Oscan: [osc]
- Ossetian: [os]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Paicî: [pri]
- Pannonian Rusyn: [rsk]
- Papiamentu: [pap]
- Pashto: [ps] , [ps] [numeral]
- Pennsylvania German: [pdc]
- Persian:
- Piedmontese: [pms]
- Pijin: [pis]
- Pipil: [ppl]
- Polish: [pl] , [collective] [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Powhatan: [pim] , [pim]
- Proto-Norse: [gmq-pro]
- Punjabi:
- Purepecha: [pua]
- Quechua: [qu] , [qu]
- Rapa Nui: [rap]
- Rarotongan: [rar]
- Rawang: [raw]
- Rohingya: [rhg]
- Romagnol: [rgn]
- Romani: [rom]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [collective] , [ru]
- S'gaw Karen: [ksw]
- Saho: [ssy]
- Sami:
- Samoan: [sm]
- Sanskrit: [sa] , [sa]
- Santali: [sat]
- Sarcee: [srs]
- Sardinian:
- Saterland Frisian: [stq]
- Scots: [sco]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
- Semai: [sea]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shan: [shn] (numeral: ႓ )
- Sherpa: [xsr]
- Shor: [cjs]
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Sidamo: [sid]
- Sikkimese: [sip]
- Sindhi: [sd]
- Sinhalese: [si]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [when counting] [sl]
- Slovincian: [zlw-slv]
- Somali: [so]
- Soninke: [snk]
- Sorbian:
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Southern Ohlone: [css]
- Spanish: [es]
- Sranan Tongo: [srn]
- Sumerian: [sux]
- Sundanese: [su]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swazi: [ss]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Sylheti: [syl]
- Tabasaran: [tab]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tahitian: [ty]
- Tai Dam: [blt]
- Tai Laing: [tjl]
- Tai Nüa: [tdd]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tal: [tal]
- Talysh: [tly] , [tly] [Asalemi]
- Tamil: [ta] (numeral: [ta] )
- Tangut: [txg]
- Taos: [twf]
- Tarantino: [roa-tar]
- Tashelhit: [shi] , [shi]
- Tat: [ttt]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Tausug: [tsg]
- Tedim Chin: [ctd]
- Telugu: [te] (numeral: [te] )
- Ternate: [tft]
- Tetum: [tet]
- Thai: [th] (numeral: [th] )
- Tibetan: [bo] (numeral: [bo] )
- Tidore: [tvo]
- Tigre: [tig] (numeral: [tig] )
- Tigrinya: [ti] (numeral: [ti] )
- Tlingit: [tli] , [tli]
- Toba Batak: [bbc]
- Tocharian A: [xto]
- Tocharian B: [txb] , [txb]
- Tok Pisin: [tpi]
- Tooro: [ttj] , [ttj] [abstract counting]
- Tumbuka: [tum]
- Tupinambá: [tpn]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Tuvaluan: [tvl]
- Tuvan: [tyv]
- Tz'utujil: [tzj]
- Udi: [udi]
- Udmurt: [udm]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [collective] [uk] , [uk] _colloquial_ , [uk] _colloquial diminutive_ , [uk]
- Uldeme: [udl]
- Umbrian: [xum]
- Unami: [unm]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur] [numeral]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Venetan: [vec] , [vec]
- Veps: [vep]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Vilamovian: [wym]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Võro: [vro]
- Votic: [vot]
- Wakhi: [wbl]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Waray-Waray: [war]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Western Apache: [apw] , [apw]
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: [mbb]
- White Hmong: [mww]
- Winnebago: [win]
- Wiradjuri: [wrh]
- Wolof: [wo]
- Xârâcùù: [ane]
- Xhosa: [xh]
- Yagara: [yxg]
- Yaghnobi: [yai]
- Yakan: [yka]
- Yakut: [sah]
- Yámana: [yag]
- Yao: [yao]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Yoruba: [yo] , [yo] [counting form] , [yo] [adjectival]
- Yucatec Maya: [yua]
- Yup'ik: [esu]
- Ywom: [gek]
- Zaghawa: [zag]
- Zazaki: [zza]
- Zealandic: [zea] , [zea] [in counting]
- Zhuang: [za] ( _Sawndip_ 三 )
- Zou: [zom]
- Zulu: [zu]
- Zuni: [zun]
}} [trans-bottom]
[describing set or group with three components] {{multitrans|data=
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Dutch: [nl]
- French: [fr]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Latgalian: [ltg] , [ltg]
- Lithuanian: [lt] , [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Polish: [pl]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Tamil: [ta] , [ta]
- Walloon: [wa]
}} [trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi] , [wyi]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. The digit/figure 3.
2. Anything measuring three unit s, as length .
3. A person who is three years old.
4. The playing card featuring three pip s.
5. Three o'clock , either a.m. or p.m.
6. * [passage=It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to THREE .]
7. [en] [en] .
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en|bad things come in threes |ball-on-three-balls test |big three|three
wood |Chinese three-banded box turtle |Chinese three-striped box turtle |clogs
to clogs in three generations |common three-ring |count to three |couple-three
|couple three |easy as one two three |Eurasian three-toed woodpecker |fish and
company stink after three days |good things come in threes |grade three |in
three days |less than three |logo three |match-three game |meat and three |me
three |northern three-toed jerboa |number three |one-two-three |on threes
|page three girl |page-three girl |phony as a three-dollar bill |purple
three-awn grass |queer as a three dollar bill |ride the three-legged mare
|rising three |rule of three |shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three
generations |six and two threes |Tate's three-striped dasyure |thirteen |Three
Amigos |three-and-out |threeawn |three-bagger |three-ball |three-banded
courser |three-banded grasshopper |three-banded warbler |three body problem
|three-bottle man |Three Bridges |three card brag |three-card marney
|three-card monte |three-card shuffle |three-card trick |three-card trickster
|three-center two-electron bond |three cheers |Three Cocks |three-cornered
|three-cornered jack |Three Crosses |three-cueing |three day eventing
|three-day fever |three-day measles |three days ago |three-day sickness |three
day sickness |three-decker |three-dimensional |three-dimensional chess
|three-dimensionality |three-dimensionally |three dog night |three-dog night
|three-door |three-eighths |three eighths |three fifths |three-fifths |three
figures |threefin |three-finger salute |three fires |Threefish |three-fisted
|threefold |three-forked |three-fourths |three fourths |three-four time |three
fries short of a Happy Meal |three Fs |three green |three G's |three guys in a
garage |three halfpence |three halfpennies |three-headed |three-high
|three-hole punch |three-horned |three hots and a cot |three hundred
|three-hundredth |three-in-hand |three-in-one |three-in-oneness |threeish
|three kings' cake |Three Kings Islands |three L |three-legged |three-legged
mare |three-legged race |three letter agency |three-letter agency |three-line
whip |threeling |three-lips |three marks of existence |three-martini lunch
|three-men-in-a-boat |three-milk cake |three-minute warning |three musketeers
|threenager |three-name |threeness |Threeness |Three Oaks |three o'clock
|three-of-a-kind |three of a kind |three-on-the-tree |three-parent
|three-party |three-party system |threepeat |three-peat |threepence
|threepenny |three per cents |three-phase |three-piece suit |three-piece suite
|three-pile |three-pipe problem |threeplex |three-ply |three-point landing
|three-point line |three-point shot |three-point turn |three poisons
|three-pounder |three-pronged |three-quarter |three-quarter back
|three-quarter bathroom |three-quarter brother |three-quarter coat
|three-quarters |three quarters |three-quarter sibling |three-quarter sister
|three-quartertime |three-quarter-time |three-quarter time |three quartertime
|three quarter time |three quarter-time |threequel |three-revert rule
|three-ring |three ring circus |three-ring circus |Three Rivers |three Rs
|three R's |threescore |three score and fifth |three score and ten
|three-second rule |three seconds rule |three-sheet |three sheets |three
sheets in the wind |three sheets to the wind |three-shot |threeside |threesies
|three sisters |three skips of a louse |threesome |three-space |three-spined
stickleback |three-spine stickleback |three-spot seahorse |three-square |three
squares |three stars |three-step snake |three stops short of Dagenham |three
strikes and you're out |three-strikes law |three-striped ground squirrel
|three-striped palm civet |three-tap |threeteen |threeth |three thousand
|three-tiered |three-time loser |three times a charm |three time's a charm
|three times three |three-toed box turtle |three-toed sloth |three-toed
woodpecker |three togethers |three true outcomes |three-up |threevee
|three-vee |threeven |three-way |threeway |three-way girl |three-way stop
|three-way switch |three-wheel |three-wheeled |three-wheeler |three wise men
|thrinter |throdd |throuple |thruppence |two's company and three is none }}
**** Translations
[digit/figure 3]
- Amharic: [am] , [am]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bikol Central: [bcl]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Cebuano: [ceb]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ilocano: [ilo]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Pennsylvania German: [pdc]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sindhi: [sd]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Tok Pisin: [tpi]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[anything measuring three units]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Polish: [pl]
[trans-bottom]
[person who is three years old]
- Finnish: [fi] ; [fi] [colloquial]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[playing card]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[basketball: abbreviation of three-pointer]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
[table:playing cards/en] [2]
- 吴语: Amharic language : ፫
- 吴语: Arabic numerals : 3
- 吴语: Assyro-Babylonian numerals : 𒁹𒁹𒁹
- 吴语: Indian numerals : ৩
- 吴语: Chinese numerals : 叄, 三
- 吴语: Eastern Arabic numerals : [und]
- 吴语: Indian numerals : ૩
- 吴语: Indian numerals : ੩
- 吴语: Indian numerals : ३
- 吴语: Indian numerals : ೩
- 吴语: Khmer script : ៣
- 吴语: Lao alphabet : ໓
- 吴语: Limbu language : ᥉
- 吴语: Indian numerals : ൩
- 吴语: Mongolian alphabet : ᠓
- 吴语: Burmese alphabet : ၃
- 吴语: Indian numerals : ୩
- 吴语: Eastern Arabic numerals : [mul]
- 吴语: Roman numerals : III
- 吴语: Indian numerals : ௩
- 吴语: Indian numerals : ౩
- 吴语: Thai numerals : ๓
- 吴语: Indian numerals : ༣
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*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Manx
*** Numeral
[gv]
1. [gv]
[gv]
** Scots
[sco]
*** Alternative forms
- [South Scots] [sco]
*** Etymology
From [sco], from [sco], [ang], [ang], from [sco], from [sco], from [sco].
*** Pronunciation
- [sco]
- [sco]
- [sco]
*** Numeral
[sco]
1. [sco] three
*** References
- [pos=adj]
- [pos=num]
[sco] [sco]