See also: tercją

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin tertiā.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛr.t͡sja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrt͡sja
  • Syllabification: ter‧cja

Noun

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tercja f (related adjective tercjowy)

  1. (literary) third (one third of something)
    Synonym: trzecia
  2. (music) third (type of interval)
  3. (religion) terce (pray said at nine am)
  4. (ice hockey) period
  5. (fencing) third defensive position that protects one's side from being cut (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  6. (printing) size of font set at 16-point(Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  7. (archaic) third, tierce (unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a second)
  8. (archaic, education) third grade
    Synonym: trzecia klasa

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “tercja”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • tercja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tercja in Polish dictionaries at PWN