third

三番目の

順番で、二番目の次に位置する。

やさしい英語で： In position number three, after the second.

• Our flat is on the third floor.
• She finished in third place.
• This is my third visit to London.

類義語： 3rd, 3d, IIIrd, III

よく使う表現： third place, third floor, third time

三分の一

全体を三つに等しく分けたうちの一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of three equal parts of something.

• I ate a third of the cake.
• About one third of our income goes on rent.
• Divide the mixture into thirds.

使い方： a/one third of something (A third of the class was absent.)

類義語： one-third, ⅓, 1/3

よく使う表現： a third, one third, third of something

三番目、三位

順番で三つ目の人や物、または三番目の順位。

やさしい英語で： The person, thing, or place that is number three in an order.

• Two guests arrived early; the third was late.
• She finished third in the race.
• I liked the first two books more than the third.

よく使う表現： the third, a third, finish third

三度

音階のある音と、そこから二段上の音との高さの隔たり。

やさしい英語で： The distance in pitch from one musical note to the note two steps above it in a scale.

• Play a major third on the piano.
• The two singers sang in thirds.
• This chord contains a minor third.

よく使う表現： major third, minor third, a third