terço
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See also: terco
| 30[a], [b] | ||
| [a], [b] ← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: três Ordinal: terceiro Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º Multiplier: triplo, tríplice Fractional: terço Group: trio, trinca, terceto, tríade | ||
| Portuguese Wikipedia article on 3 | ||
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese terço, from Latin tertius (“third”), from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
Noun
terço m (plural terços)
- (fractional number) third (one of three parts of a whole)
- (Roman Catholicism) prayer beads used to pray; the rosary
- Synonym: rosário
- (historical, military) tercio (a type of military formation used in the early modern age)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:terço.
Adjective
terço (feminine terça, masculine plural terços, feminine plural terças, not comparable)
- which is one third (1/3) of something
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:terço.
Adjective
terço (feminine terça, masculine plural terços, feminine plural terças)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:terço.
Derived terms
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