três
Portuguese, noun
três is spelled T-R-Ê-S (4 letters) and appears 550 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 168th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Três is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “three (a value of three, or an object represent the value of three)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, tres is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o número três, representado pelos símbolos 3, III, γ, ३, em algarismos arábicos, romanos, gregos e indianos…”.
What does três mean in English?
number
- 1
femininemasculinethree (cardinal number 3)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinethird
noun
- 1
masculinethree (a value of three, or an object represent the value of three)
- 2
masculinethree (the digit 3)
number
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of três
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of três
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of três
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
number: 1. número equivalente a dois mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha dois elementos e outro elemento distinto; representado pelo símbolo 3 (algarismos arábicos) ou III (algarismos romanos)
noun: 1. o número três, representado pelos símbolos 3, III, γ, ३, em algarismos arábicos, romanos, gregos e indianos respectivamente 2. nota correspondente a três valores 3. pessoa ou coisa que apresenta o número três numa ordenação 4. terceiro dia dum mês
noun: 1. plural de três
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of três
- tres alternative
- trez alternative
- treis alternative Brazil pronunciation-spelling
- trêis alternative Brazil pronunciation-spelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to três
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is três in Portuguese?
três appears 550 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).