tercja
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See also: tercją
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin tertiā.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
tercja f (related adjective tercjowy)
- (literary) third (one third of something)
- Synonym: trzecia
- (music) third (type of interval)
- (religion) terce (pray said at nine am)
- (ice hockey) period
- (fencing) third defensive position that protects one's side from being cut (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (printing) size of font set at 16-point(Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (archaic) third, tierce (unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a second)
- (archaic, education) third grade
Declension
Declension of tercja
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “tercja”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN