terza

Galician

Alternative forms

• tercia (proscribed)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese terça, from Latin tertia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈteɾθɐ]

Adjective

terza

1. feminine singular of terzo

Derived terms

• terza feira

Noun

terza f (plural terzas)

1. (architecture) purlin
2. twelve inches
3. a third part
4. (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

1. feminine singular of terzo

Noun

terza f (plural terze)

1. (music) third (interval)