Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An abbreviation of tierces.
Examples
“You see, these days I have been, what the French would call tres bored with my life.”
“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.”
“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.”
“In the third year an extra front branch is formed, known as the tres-tine.”
“On account of the disproportionate length of Book ii., and the number 'tres' (which, however, may be said in anticipation) in ii.”
“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.”
“We should have expected 'tres' rather than 'novem,' as the”
“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.”
The Washington Post: Davos 2011 not mainly an 'economic' forum
“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?”
“Our youngest just graduated from university here, it truly goes by tres vite.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tres’.
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Ecce Romani
When in Rome...
salve, ecce, omnis, puella, puer, cannis, equis, domus, quae, postquam, vestemque, suam and 106 more...
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What's That Pokémon Name?
Words used to create the names of Pokémon, which are usually portmanteaux.
bulb, dinosaur, ivy, venus, char, salamander, squirt, turtle, blast, tortoise, water, caterpillar and 525 more...
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No Hablo Español
Despite seven years of classes and being half-Puerto Rican.
uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce and 198 more...
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Zing Went the Strings
lute, guitar, mandolin, violin, banjo, balalaika, sitar, pipa, autoharp, zither, kantele, guqin and 329 more...
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strev I very much like the french translation as well Jun 20, 2009