trey
pronunciation
How to pronounce trey in British English:
UK [treɪ]
How to pronounce trey in American English:
US [treɪ]
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- Noun:
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
Word Origin
- trey (n.)
- late 14c., "card, die, or domino with three spots," from Anglo-French, Old French treis (Modern French trois), oblique case of treie "three," from Latin tria (neuter) "three" (see three). In slang use for "three (of anything)" from 1887.
Example
- 1. Are you suggesting we let trey kill himself ?
- 2. Trey got to you , didn 't he ? What 'd he give you ?
- 3. Trey has just released a video detailing how he netted a million in a year .
- 4. Trey porter : you know , sigmund freud said the best way to understand women is by listening to them .
- 5. " Trey " I grumbled , swatting his hand away and I flipped through the phone book for some event specialist .