/ θriː; NAmE / number 3
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IDIOMS
- the three Rs
—more at two
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English thrīe (masculine), thrīo , thrēo (feminine), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drie and German drei , from an Indo-European root shared by Latin tres and Greek treis .