threesies
English
noun
Definitions
- A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where three actions must be performed.
- (childish) The sharing of something between three people.
Etymology
Suffix from English three.
Origin
English
three
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Three Amigos English
- Threefish English
- Threeness English
- thirty English
- three English
- three-fisted English
- three-headed English
- three-pointer English
- three-tiered English
- threefin English
- threefold English
- threeish English
- threeling English
- threeness English
- threepence English
- threepenny English
- threeplex English
- threescore English
- threeside English
- threesome English
- threeteen English
- threeth English
- threeway English
- trēs Latin
- drie Dutch, Flemish
- trois French
- *tréyes Proto-Indo-European
- スリー Japanese
- thre Middle English
- tri Esperanto
- tri Tok Pisin
- tri Fanagalo
- tri Torres Strait Creole
- tri Nigerian Pidgin
- tri Samoan Plantation Pidgin