trey
/tɹeɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A nickname for someone who is the third person in the family sharing his father's name.
name
A male given name from English of modern usage, derived from the nickname.
noun
A playing card or die with the rank of three.
noun
The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "Before you begin the Game at Picket, you must throw out of the Pack the Deuces, Treys, Fours and Fives, and play with the rest of the Cards, which are in number thirty and six."
- "He had been a pretty good guy, straight as ace-deuce-trey-four-five, till he got on the force."
- "You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost."
- "Davidson had caught a trey which did not seem to improve his hand, yet he threw three dollars into the pot."
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trey, from Anglo-Norman trei or treis, from Old French treis (“three”). Doublet of three and tres.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: trey, trei, treis