The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
THREE
three, iii
(adjective) being one more than two
trey, three
(noun) one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
three, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Numeral
three
A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
Describing a set or group with three elements.
Synonyms
• (numerical value): leash, tether (dialectal)
Noun
three (plural threes)
The digit/figure 3.
Anything measuring three units, as length.
A person who is three years old.
The playing card featuring three pips.
(basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.
Anagrams
• Ehret, Ether, Reeth, ether, rethe, theer, there
Source: Wiktionary
Three, a. Etym: [OE. þre, þreo, þri, AS. þri, masc., þreó, fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. dri, Icel. þrir, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. þreis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L. tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. *301. Cf. 3d Drilling, Tern, a., Third, Thirteen, Thirty, Tierce, Trey, Tri-, Triad, Trinity, Tripod.]
Definition: One more than two; two and one. "I offer thee three things." 2 Sam. xxiv. 12. Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. Keble.
Note: Three is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, composed of, or containing, three parts, portions, organs, or the like; as, three-branched, three-capsuled, three-celled, three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed, three-forked, three-grained, three-headed, three-legged, three- mouthed, three-nooked, three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed, three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like.
Three, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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