Editing 3 (section)

{{Short description|Integer number 3}}
{{Hatnote|This article is about the number. For the years, see [[BC 3]] and [[AD 3]]. For other uses, see [[3 (disambiguation)]], [[III (disambiguation)]] and [[Number Three (disambiguation)]].}}
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{{Infobox number
|number=3
|numeral=[[Ternary numeral system|ternary]]
|factorization=[[prime number|prime]]
|prime=2nd
|divisor=1, 3
|roman =III, iii
|latin prefix=[[wikt:tre-|tre-]]/[[wikt:ter-|ter-]]
|lang1=[[Eastern Arabic numerals|Arabic]], [[Central Kurdish|Kurdish]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Urdu numerals|Urdu]]
|lang1 symbol={{resize|150%|٣}}
|lang2=[[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
|lang2 symbol={{resize|150%|৩}}
|lang3=[[Chinese numeral|Chinese]]
|lang3 symbol=三，弎，叄
|lang4=[[Devanāgarī]]
|lang4 symbol={{resize|150%|३}}
|lang5=[[Santali language|Santali]]
|lang5 symbol={{resize|150%|᱓}}
|lang6=[[Ge'ez alphabet|Ge'ez]]
|lang6 symbol=፫
|lang7=[[Greek numerals|Greek]]
|lang7 symbol=γ (or Γ)
|lang8=[[Hebrew numerals|Hebrew]]
|lang8 symbol={{resize|150%|ג}}
|lang9=[[Japanese numerals|Japanese]]
|lang9 symbol=三/参
|lang10=[[Khmer numerals|Khmer]]
|lang10 symbol={{resize|150%|៣}}
|lang11=[[Armenian numerals|Armenian]]|lang11 symbol=Գ|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=[[Kannada numerals|Kannada]]
|lang15 symbol={{resize|150%|೩}}
|lang16=[[Thai numerals|Thai]]
|lang16 symbol={{resize|150%|๓}}
|lang17=[[N'Ko script|N'Ko]]
|lang17 symbol={{resize|150%|߃}}
|lang18=[[Lao numerals|Lao]]
|lang18 symbol={{resize|150%|໓}}
|lang19=[[Georgian numerals|Georgian]]
|lang19 symbol={{resize|130%|Ⴂ/ⴂ/გ}} ([[Gani (letter)|Gani]])
|lang20=[[Babylonian cuneiform numerals|Babylonian numeral]]|lang20 symbol=𒐗|lang21=[[Maya numerals]]|lang21 symbol=•••|lang22=[[Morse code]]|lang22 symbol={{resize|150%|... _ _}}}}

'''3''' ('''three''') is a [[number]], [[numeral (linguistics)|numeral]] and [[numerical digit|digit]]. It is the [[natural number]] following [[2]] and preceding [[4]], and is the smallest odd [[prime number]] and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/three |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=Merriam-webster.com}}</ref>