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Meaning of trīs | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR A1 Common
[triːs]

Definitions

  1. three (the cipher, the cardinal number three)
  2. three (C, satisfactory, a school grade; syn. trijnieks)
  3. three (an amount equal to three)
  4. three o'clock (a moment in time; three hours after midnight, or after noon)

Equivalents

English three

Examples

“viens, divi, trīs”

one, two, three (counting)

“trīs un trīs ir seši”

three plus three is six

“atņemt trīs”

to subtract three

“saņemt trīs”

to get a C (lit. three)

“mēs bijām trīs”

we were three

“trīs āboli, grāmatas”

three apples, books

“triju dienu laikā”

in (the time of) three days

“sadalīt trīs daļās”

to divide in three parts

“pulkstenis ir trīs”

it is three o'clock

“aiziet trijos pēc pusdienas”

to leave at three o'clock after lunch

“lekcija būs no trijiem līdz pieciem”

the lecture will be from three to five (o'clock)

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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