tercer

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Catalan

Catalan numbers (edit)
30[a], [b]
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tres
    Ordinal: tercer
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3r
    Multiplier: triple
    Fractional: terç
Catalan Wikipedia article on 3

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tertiārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tercer (feminine tercera, masculine plural tercers, feminine plural terceres)

  1. (ordinal number) third

Noun

tercer m (plural tercers, feminine tercera)

  1. mediator (a third party who negotiates between two other parties in a dispute)
  2. (obsolete) tierce; unit of liquid measure

Further reading

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French terce, alternative form of tiers (“third”).

Pronunciation

Verb

tercer

  1. (transitive) to plough a third time

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of tercer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tercer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple terçant
/tɛʁ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tercé
/tɛʁ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present terce
/tɛʁs/ 		terces
/tɛʁs/ 		terce
/tɛʁs/ 		terçons
/tɛʁ.sɔ̃/ 		tercez
/tɛʁ.se/ 		tercent
/tɛʁs/
imperfect terçais
/tɛʁ.sɛ/ 		terçais
/tɛʁ.sɛ/ 		terçait
/tɛʁ.sɛ/ 		tercions
/tɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		terciez
/tɛʁ.sje/ 		terçaient
/tɛʁ.sɛ/
past historic2 terçai
/tɛʁ.se/ 		terças
/tɛʁ.sa/ 		terça
/tɛʁ.sa/ 		terçâmes
/tɛʁ.sam/ 		terçâtes
/tɛʁ.sat/ 		tercèrent
/tɛʁ.sɛʁ/
future tercerai
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		terceras
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		tercera
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		tercerons
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ 		tercerez
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		terceront
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tercerais
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		tercerais
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		tercerait
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		tercerions
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		terceriez
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ 		terceraient
/tɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present terce
/tɛʁs/ 		terces
/tɛʁs/ 		terce
/tɛʁs/ 		tercions
/tɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		terciez
/tɛʁ.sje/ 		tercent
/tɛʁs/
imperfect2 terçasse
/tɛʁ.sas/ 		terçasses
/tɛʁ.sas/ 		terçât
/tɛʁ.sa/ 		terçassions
/tɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		terçassiez
/tɛʁ.sa.sje/ 		terçassent
/tɛʁ.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — terce
/tɛʁs/ 		— terçons
/tɛʁ.sɔ̃/ 		tercez
/tɛʁ.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Spanish

Spanish numbers (edit)
3
    Cardinal: tres
    Ordinal: tercero
    Apocopated ordinal: tercer
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º
    Multiplier: triple
    Fractional: tercio
Spanish Wikipedia article on 3

Etymology

See tercero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /teɾˈθeɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /teɾˈseɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: ter‧cer

Adjective

tercer m (apocopate, standard form tercero)

  1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of tercero (“third”)
    el tercer hijo ― the third child

Usage notes

  • The form tercer is only used before and within the noun phrase of a modified masculine singular noun. In other positions, the standard form tercero is used instead.

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