à trois

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French à trois.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑ ˈtɹwɑ/

Adjective

à trois

1. For or between three parties. Often used in reference to alliances.
   • 2014, Naomi Wood, Mrs. Hemingway, →ISBN:

     Everything, now, is done à trois.

   • 2015, Elizabeth Jeffrey, Meadowlands, →ISBN:

     In the event Lady Adelaide looked rather overdressed for an informal dinner à trois.

   • 2016, From Sadowa to Sarajevo, volume 6, →ISBN:

     Nor, he warned, would he have anything to do with an agreement à trois with Russia.

   A discussion à trois.

   à trois in a Europe of five powers

   (= being allied with three of the five main powers)

Related terms

• ménage à trois

References

• http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%C3%A0%20trois

Anagrams

• Artois, Rosati, Sirota, aorist, aristo, aristo-, ratios, satori