What is 3 (number)?
{{Infobox number | number = 3 | numeral = [[Ternary numeral system|ternary]] | factorization = [[prime number|prime]] | divisor = 1, 3 | roman unicode = Ⅲ, ⅲ | greek prefix = [[wikt:tri-|tri-]] | latin prefix = [[wikt:tre-|tre-]]/[[wikt:ter-|ter-]] | lang1 = [[Arabic (language)|Arabic]] | lang1 symbol = {{resize|150%|٣,3}} | lang2 = [[Urdu]] | lang2 symbol = {{Urdu|3|11|middle}} | lang3 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] | lang3 symbol = {{resize|150%|৩}} | lang4 = [[Chinese numeral|Chinese]] | lang4 symbol = 三，弎，叁 | lang5 = [[Devanāgarī]] | lang5 symbol = {{resize|150%|३}} | lang6 = [[Ge'ez alphabet|Ge'ez]] | lang6 symbol = ፫ | lang7 = [[Greek numerals|Greek]] | lang7 symbol = γ (or Γ) | lang8 = [[Hebrew (language)|Hebrew]] | lang8 symbol = {{resize|150%|ג}} | lang9 = [[Japanese numerals|Japanese]] | lang9 symbol = {{resize|150%|三}} | lang10 = [[Khmer numerals|Khmer]] | lang10 symbol = {{resize|150%|៣}} | lang11 = [[Korean numerals|Korean]] | lang11 symbol = 셋,삼 | lang12 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] | lang12 symbol = {{resize|150%|൩}} | lang13 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | lang13 symbol = {{resize|150%|௩}} | lang14 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] | lang14 symbol = {{resize|150%|౩}} | lang15 = [[Thai language|Thai]] | lang15 symbol = {{resize|150%|๓}} }} [[File:En-us-Three.ogg|thumb|right| Pronunciation of the number 3]] The [[number]] '''three''' (3) is one more than [[2 (number)|two]] and one less than [[4 (number)|four]]. It is the first [[Mersenne prime]]. Three is an important number for many [[culture]]s (groups of people living together). It is also a [[prime number]]. It is the first odd prime. In [[Roman numerals]], it is '''III'''. == Famous threes == * the [[Three Stooges]] * the three [[Doshas]] (weaknesses) in [[Ayurvedic medicine]] in [[India]] * the [[Trimurti]] (three aspects of God) in [[Hindu]] [[religion]] * the [[Holy Trinity]] in [[Christian]] [[religion]] * three gifts of the wise men ([[Star of Bethlehem|Magi]]) who visited [[Christ]] at his birth in the [[Gospel of Matthew]].