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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese terça, from Latin tertia.
Pronunciation
Adjective
terza
- feminine singular of terzo
Derived terms
Noun
terza f (plural terzas)
- (architecture) purlin
- twelve inches
- a third part
- (historical) tertia hora
References
- “terça” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “terça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “terza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “terza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “terza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin tertia.
Adjective
terza
- feminine singular of terzo
Noun
terza f (plural terze)
- (music) third (interval)