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Etymology
Inherited from Latin tertius (“third”), from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
Noun
terç m (plural terços)
- third (one of three equal parts of a whole)
- Un terç dels votants s'abstingué.
- One third of the voters abstained
- (Roman Catholicism) prayer beads used to pray the rosary
- (historical, military) tercio (a type of military formation used in the early modern age)
- (castells) a casteller on the third level of the tronc
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