troisième

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See also: troisiéme

French

French numbers (edit)
30
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: trois
    Ordinal: troisième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3e, (nonstandard) 3ème
    Multiplier: triple
    Fractional: tiers
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From trois +‎ -ième.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁwa.zjɛm/, /tʁwɑ.zjɛm/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Homophone: troisièmes
  • Hyphenation: troi‧sième
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Adjective

troisième (plural troisièmes)

  1. (ordinal number) third
    Synonym: (archaic) tiers

Derived terms

Noun

troisième f (plural troisièmes)

  1. third class (public transport)

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