three-fourths

See also: three fourths

English

Alternative forms

• three fourths

Noun

three-fourths (uncountable)

1. Three of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75).

   three-fourths of the population

   three-fourths majority

   Synonym: three-quarters

Usage notes

• In the British corpus, three-quarters is much more common than three-fourths; in the American corpus, three-quarters is also much more common after year 2000.

Translations

3/4

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四分之三 (sì fēn zhī sān), 4分之3

• Czech: tři čtvrtiny
• Danish: tre fjerdedele
• Estonian: kolm neljandikku
• Finnish: kolme neljäsosaa
• French: trois quarts pl
• German: drei Viertel pl
• Hungarian: háromnegyed (hu)
• Italian: tre quarti
• Japanese: 四分の三 (よんぶんのさん, yon bun no san), ４分の３ (４分の３)
• Navajo: hastą́ą́yáál
• Polish: trzy czwarte (pl)
• Russian: три че́тверти pl (tri čétverti)
• Swedish: tre fjärdedelar
• Tagalog: tatlong-kapat
• Thai: เศษสามส่วนสี่ (set sam suan si)

See also

• Thesaurus:fraction
• Appendix:English numerals

Further reading

• “three-fourths”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• "three-fourths" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• “three-fourths”, in Wordnik.