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thrice

/θɹaɪs/[θɾ̪̊ɑɪs]

thrice adverb: three times.

Adverb

thrice (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, somewhat dated outside Asia) Three times.
    • Thrice ore the caddow I mine armes outſpred: / Thrice did I fall, before I once could riſe: / Leaning vpon mine elbow for a reſt, / Nodding, I knockt my chin againſt my breſt. // Then ſigh’d, ſlipt downe, and twixt the ſheete and pillow / I nuzled in, joyn’d knees and chin together: / I dream’d I...1601, Io[hn] Weeuer [i.e., John Weever], The Mirror of Martyrs, or The Life and Death of that Thrice Valiant Captaine, and Most Godly Martyre Sir Iohn Old-castle Knight Lord Cobham, [London]: Printed...
    • The weyward Siſters, hand in hand, / Poſters of the Sea and Land, / Thus doe goe, about, about, / Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, / And thrice againe, to make vp nine, / Peace, the Charme’s wound vp.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

thrice meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

thrice in Hindi

three times
तिबारा tibārā, तिगुना tigunā

thrice in Urdu

تین گنا

thrice in Malayalam

മൂന്നുവട്ടം, മൂന്നുപ്രാവശ്യം, തീവ്രമായി

thrice in Kannada

ಮೂರ‍್ಮೆ
More languagesFewer languages
thrice in Sanskrit
त्रिस् tris
thrice in Tagalog
makaitlo
thrice in Arabic
ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ṯalāṯa marrātin, ثَلَاثًا ṯalāṯan

Examples of thrice in a sentence

  • I am made to tread thoſe ſteps thrice over, which I needed not to have trod but once: Yea, now alſo I am like to be benighted, for the day is almoſt ſpent.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page...
  • And then he [Bedivere] threw the sword into the water as far as he might, and there came an arm and a hand above the water, and met it and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished.1918, Thomas Malory, “The Sword Excalibur”, in William Patten, compiler, Heroes and Heroines of Chivalry (The Junior Classics; IV), New...
  • “Thrice the worry now,” a smiling William said, holding up three fingers.2018 April 24, Richard Palmer, “Royal baby: ‘Thrice the worry now!’: Prince William captures the reality of parenthood”, in The Sunday...
  • In his young Major League career, Paul Skenes has thrice pitched at least eight innings.2025 June 4, Alex Stumpf, “'Win or Lose,' Skenes out to control what he can control”, in MLB:

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Origin of thrice

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English thrice, thries (“three times, thrice; a third time; repeated three times”), from earlier thrī, thrīe (“three times, thrice; a third time”) (from Old English þriwa, þreowa) + -es (suffix forming adverbs of time, place, and manner) (from Old English -es (suffix forming adverbs)). The word is cognate with Old Frisian thria ("thrice"; > Saterland Frisian träie (“thrice”)), Middle Low German drîes (“thrice”), Middle High German drīes, drīs (“thrice”).

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Questions about thrice

What does thrice mean?
Thrice means three times.
What is thrice in Hindi?
Thrice in Hindi is तिबारा (tibārā), तिगुना (tigunā). See Thrice meaning in Hindi.
How do you use thrice in a sentence?
I am made to tread thoſe ſteps thrice over, which I needed not to have trod but once: Yea, now alſo I am like to be benighted, for the day is almoſt ſpent.
What part of speech is thrice?
Thrice is an adverb.
How do you pronounce thrice?
Thrice is pronounced /θɹaɪs/.

Words near thrice in the dictionary

  1. threy
  2. thriambi
  3. thriambus
  4. thribble
  5. thribbles
  6. thrice
  7. thrice removed
  8. thrice-monthly
  9. thrice-weekly
  10. thricecock
  11. thricecocks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thrice (page history and authors); thrice (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thrice (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thrice (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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