terzo

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Galician

Galician numbers (edit)
30[a], [b]
[a], [b], [c] ←  2 3
    Cardinal (standard): tres
    Cardinal (reintegrationist): três
    Ordinal: terceiro
    Ordinal abbreviation:
    Multiplier: triplo
    Fractional (standard): terzo
    Fractional (reintegrationist): terço

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese terço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tertius (third). Cognate with Portuguese terço and Spanish tercio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteɾθo̝/, (western) /ˈteɾso̝/

Noun

terzo m (plural terzos)

  1. third (one of three equal parts of a whole)
  2. (historical, military) tercio (a type of military formation used in the early modern age)

Adjective

terzo (feminine terza, masculine plural terzos, feminine plural terzas)

  1. (ordinal number) third (which is one third (1/3) of something)
    Synonym: terceiro
    • 1292, M. Lucas Alvarez, edited by P. P. Lucas Domínguez, San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galici, page 439:
      e dian destes herdamentos sobredictos cada ano terza parte de todo froyto
      and they shall give of these properties each year a third of the production
    • 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo, editor, Crónica de Santa María de Íria, Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 96:
      vierõ en concordia en tal gujsa que os pobres galegos ouvesen a terça parte da terra, en que viuessen; et os godos et suebos as duas partes et o señorio.
      they came to a concord so that the poor Galicians would have a third of the land for living, and the Goths and the Sueves the two parts and the lordship

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References

  • terço” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • terz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • terç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • terzo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • terzo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

Italian numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tre
    Ordinal: terzo
    Ordinal abbreviation:
    Adverbial: tre volte
    Multiplier: triplo, triplice
    Collective: tutti e tre
    Fractional: terzo

Etymology

From Latin tertius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛr.t͡so/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrtso
  • Hyphenation: tèr‧zo

Adjective

terzo (feminine terza, masculine plural terzi, feminine plural terze)

  1. (ordinal number) third
  2. uninvolved, neutral, third-party

Noun

terzo m (plural terzi)

  1. (fractional number) third
  2. (in the plural) others (other people)

Ladin

Noun

terzo m (plural terzi)

  1. third

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