Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An abbreviation of
tierces .
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Examples
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You see, these days I have been, what the French would call tres bored with my life.
natinski Diary Entry natinski 2004
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In her youth she was delicate, and what the French call tres personelle; and this prevented her going through the mill of rivalry and criticism which had been the daily bread of my girlhood.
Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One Margot Asquith 1904
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Et horum alii sentiunt, quod singulae personae in singulis essentiis aequali sint potestate, sapientia, majestate, et gloria: sicut alias tres numero differentes homines, ratione essentiae suae, sunt a se invicem disjuncti et separati.
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Et horum alii sentiunt, quod singulae personae in singulis essentiis aequali sint potestate, sapientia, majestate, et gloria: sicut alias tres numero differentes homines, ratione essentiae suae, sunt a se invicem disjuncti et separati.
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In the third year an extra front branch is formed, known as the tres-tine.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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On account of the disproportionate length of Book ii., and the number 'tres' (which, however, may be said in anticipation) in ii.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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'pionono' cake ($5.49) flavored with Kahlua and coffee, a moist dark-chocolate cake with three layers of strawberry mousse ($5.49) and a creamy quatro leches cake (insert 'tres'-related math joke here; it was exactly that much more superior) for $5.99.
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We should have expected 'tres' rather than 'novem,' as the
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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One YGL dad found it was hard to have a long, structured conversation with his small kids via Skype, so he tres to Skype in when the kids are having dinner.
Davos 2011 not mainly an 'economic' forum Kevin Lu 2011
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Si me hubiera sido fiel, le hubiera adorado. si me hubiera dicho esto, repito, quizá, quizá me hubiera hecho abrir los ojos si hubiera tenido tres o cuatro niños me hubiera visto mucho más apurada, ¿ no?
strev commented on the word tres
I very much like the french translation as well
June 21, 2009