different between cedar vs three

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English cedre, from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kédros).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?si?.d?/
• (US) enPR: s??d?r, IPA^(key): /?si.d?/

Noun

cedar (countable and uncountable, plural cedars)

2. (countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
3. (countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.

   • There had been dry seasons, accumulations of dust, wind-blown seeds, and cedars rose wonderfully out of solid rock.

4. (countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
5. (uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.

Derived terms

Related terms

• cedr-
• Cedrela
• cedrelaceous
• cedrelate
• cedrine

Translations

Anagrams

• Cerda, Cerdà, Dacre, acred, arced, cader, cadre, cared, decar, e-card, ecard, raced

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto cedi, English cede, French céder, Italian cedere, Spanish ceder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?se?dar/

Verb

cedar (present tense cedas, past tense cedis, future tense cedos, imperative cedez, conditional cedus)

1. (transitive) to cede

Conjugation

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ke?.dar/, [?ke?d?är]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??e.dar/, [?t????d??r]

Verb

c?dar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of c?d?
2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of c?d?

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

c?dar m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. cedar (tree)

Declension

Derived terms

• c?drovina

Translingual

Etymology

From English three

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tri?] ^[sic]

Numeral

three

1. Code word for the digit 3 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet

Synonyms

ITU/IMO code word terrathree

References

English

Alternative forms

• thre, threy, thrie (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English thre, threo, thrie, thri, from Old English þr?, from Proto-West Germanic *þr??, from Proto-Germanic *þr?z, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Doublet of trey.

Cognates with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian ???? (erek?), Latvian tr?s, Lithuanian tr?s, Greek ????? (tre?s), and others.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: thr? IPA^(key): /??i?/, [????i?], [?????i]
• (UK, th-fronting) enPR: fr? IPA^(key): /f?i?/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /??i?/, [????i?], [t????i?]
• (General American) enPR: thr? IPA^(key): /??i?/, [????i]
• Rhymes: -i?
• Homophones: tree (with th-stopping), free (with th-fronting)

Numeral

three

1. A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).

   • Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
2. Describing a set or group with three elements.

Synonyms

• (numerical value): leash, tether (dialectal)

Related terms

• third, thrice, triple

Translations

See also

• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

three (plural threes)

1. The digit/figure 3.
2. Anything measuring three units, as length.

   Put all the threes in a separate container.

3. A person who is three years old.

   All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.

4. The playing card featuring three pips.
5. Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
6. (basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• Ehret, Ether, Reeth, ether, rethe, theer, there

Manx

Numeral

three

1. Alternative spelling of tree.

Scots

Alternative forms

• (South Scots) threi, shrei, hrei

Etymology

From Middle English thre, from Old English þri?, þr?, þre?, from Proto-West Germanic *þr??, from Proto-Germanic *þr?z, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ri?/
• (South Scots) IPA^(key): /?r?i/
• (Shetland) IPA^(key): /tri?/

Numeral

three

1. three

Related terms

• threty