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tres
“very,” 1815, from French très, from Old French tres, from Latin trans “beyond” (see trans-), later “very” (cf. Old Italian trafreddo “very cold”).
Examples from the Web for tres Contemporary Examples of tres
The autumn saw the release of the 1989 novel, The Third Reich, and a collection of poems, Tres.
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Robert Birnbaum
April 20, 2012
Historical Examples of tres
“Tres bien,” said Duplessis, in Parliamentary tone and phrase.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Tres bien, you forget we are in California, where one does not own a slave.
Bret Harte
You should know that omnæ personæ in tres partes divisæ sunt.
O. Henry
The question was between the ocho de bastos and the tres de copas.
Gustave Aimard
After some minutes Halstead remembered the letter from Tres Arbores.
The Motor Boat Club in Florida
H. Irving Hancock