Three - Trois (The 115th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Three is Trois. It can be used as noun, pronoun. This word often comes up when talking about numbers & quantity. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 115th most common word in French. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: three

French: trois

Examples


There were three people waiting in front me.	Devant moi, il y avait trois personnes qui attendaient leur tour.
I expect him to be here by three.	J'attends de lui qu'il soit ici pour trois heures.
I'm the middle child of three.	Je suis le second de trois enfants.
I'll go at three, or rather at a quarter past three.	J'irai à trois heures, ou plutôt à trois heures et quart.
It's a quarter to three.	Il est trois heures moins le quart.
I had to wait more than three hours.	J'ai dû attendre plus de trois heures.
There will be three.	Il y en aura trois.
All three of you are very lucky.	Vous trois êtes très chanceuses.

He died three years ago.	Il est mort il y a trois ans.
He was underwater for three minutes.	Il était sous l'eau pendant trois minutes.
What takes you only three days, takes me as many weeks.	Ce qui ne vous prend que trois jours, me prend trois semaines.
We've been here for three weeks now.	Nous sommes ici depuis trois semaines.
You've got three weeks.	Tu as trois semaines.
He was at the front for three months.	Il a été trois mois au front.
I asked each boy three questions.	J'ai posé trois questions à chaque garçon.
Peace has returned after three years of war.	La paix est revenue après trois années de guerre.
I've had a headache for three days and I can't get rid of it.	J'ai mal à la tête depuis trois jours et je n'arrive pas à m'en débarrasser.
He spent three months at sea this past year.	L'an dernier, il a passé trois mois à la mer.
I met a friend I hadn't seen for three years.	J'ai rencontré un ami que je n'avais pas vu depuis trois ans.
It has been three years since I came to live here.	Cela fait trois ans que je suis venu vivre ici.
You told her that you had finished the work three days ago.	Tu lui as dit avoir terminé le boulot il y a trois jours.