See also: terco

Portuguese

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Portuguese numbers (edit)
30[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: três
    Ordinal: terceiro
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º
    Multiplier: triplo, tríplice
    Fractional: terço
    Group: trio, trinca, terceto, tríade
 
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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese terço, from Latin tertius (third), from trēs (three), from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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terço m (plural terços)

  1. (fractional number) third (one of three parts of a whole)
  2. (Roman Catholicism) prayer beads used to pray; the rosary
    Synonym: rosário
  3. (historical, military) tercio (a type of military formation used in the early modern age)

Quotations

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Adjective

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terço (feminine terça, masculine plural terços, feminine plural terças, not comparable)

  1. which is one third (1/3) of something

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Adjective

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terço (feminine terça, masculine plural terços, feminine plural terças)

  1. (archaic) third
    Synonyms: terceiro, tércio

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Derived terms

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