Tres
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban variant has six strings, and the Puerto Rican has nine.
- 2 plural of tre form-of, plural
- 1 A male given name.
"The man, Tres Genco, 21, of Hillsboro, Ohio, was charged with one count of attempting to commit a hate crime, which, because it involved an attempt to kill, is punishable by up to life in prison, and one count of illegally possessing a machine gun, which is punishable by up to 10 years, according to the Justice Department."
Example
More examples"It depends on the Tagalog-speaker whether, for "three," he will say "tres" from Spanish or "tri" from English or "tatlo" natively. As Japanese has Native Japanese and Sino-Japanese numbers, as well as less official Anglo-Japanese numbers, Tagalog similarly has three sets for numbers."
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tres (“three”). Doublet of three and trey.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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