GENERAL INFO

Trois means "three." It is a cardinal number, functioning as an adjective to quantify nouns or standing alone as a number.

USAGE

You use trois directly before a noun: "J'ai trois chats" (I have three cats). It's also used in counting: "Un, deux, trois!" (One, two, three!).

TRAPS

The final 's' in trois is silent, but it undergoes *liaison* (pronounced like a 'z') when followed by a word starting with a vowel or silent 'h', e.g., "trois‿ans" (three years).