tercer
Catalan edit
30[a], [b] | ||
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Cardinal: tres Ordinal: tercer Ordinal abbreviation: 3r Multiplier: triple Fractional: terç | ||
Catalan Wikipedia article on 3 |
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin tertiārius.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tercer (feminine tercera, masculine plural tercers, feminine plural terceres)
Noun edit
tercer m (plural tercers, feminine tercera)
- mediator (a third party who negotiates between two other parties in a dispute)
- (obsolete) tierce; unit of liquid measure
Further reading edit
- “tercer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tercer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “tercer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tercer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French terce, alternative form of tiers (“third”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tercer
- (transitive) to plough a third time
Conjugation edit
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of tercer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | tercer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | terçant /tɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tercé /tɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | terce /tɛʁs/ |
terces /tɛʁs/ |
terce /tɛʁs/ |
terçons /tɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
tercez /tɛʁ.se/ |
tercent /tɛʁs/ |
imperfect | terçais /tɛʁ.sɛ/ |
terçais /tɛʁ.sɛ/ |
terçait /tɛʁ.sɛ/ |
tercions /tɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
terciez /tɛʁ.sje/ |
terçaient /tɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | terçai /tɛʁ.se/ |
terças /tɛʁ.sa/ |
terça /tɛʁ.sa/ |
terçâmes /tɛʁ.sam/ |
terçâtes /tɛʁ.sat/ |
tercèrent /tɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
future | tercerai /tɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
terceras /tɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
tercera /tɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
tercerons /tɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
tercerez /tɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
terceront /tɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | tercerais /tɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
tercerais /tɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
tercerait /tɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
tercerions /tɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
terceriez /tɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
terceraient /tɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | terce /tɛʁs/ |
terces /tɛʁs/ |
terce /tɛʁs/ |
tercions /tɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
terciez /tɛʁ.sje/ |
tercent /tɛʁs/ |
imperfect2 | terçasse /tɛʁ.sas/ |
terçasses /tɛʁ.sas/ |
terçât /tɛʁ.sa/ |
terçassions /tɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
terçassiez /tɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
terçassent /tɛʁ.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | terce /tɛʁs/ |
— | terçons /tɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
tercez /tɛʁ.se/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Spanish edit
3 | ||
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Cardinal: tres Ordinal: tercero Apocopated ordinal: tercer Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º Multiplier: triple Fractional: tercio | ||
Spanish Wikipedia article on 3 |
Etymology edit
See tercero.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /teɾˈθeɾ/ [t̪eɾˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /teɾˈseɾ/ [t̪eɾˈseɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: ter‧cer
Adjective edit
tercer m (apocopate, standard form tercero)
Usage notes edit
- The form tercer is only used before and within the noun phrase of a modified masculine singular noun. In other positions, the standard form tercero is used instead.
Further reading edit
- “tercer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014