tercer
Catalan
| 30[a], [b] | ||
| ← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: tres Ordinal: tercer Ordinal abbreviation: 3r Multiplier: triple Fractional: terç | ||
| Catalan Wikipedia article on 3 | ||
Etymology
From Latin tertiarius.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /təɾˈse/
- (Central) IPA(key): /tərˈse/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /teɾˈseɾ/
Audio (file)
Adjective
tercer (feminine tercera, masculine plural tercers, feminine plural terceres)
- (ordinal number) third
Noun
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
- “tercer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tercer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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
Alternative forms
- terser
- tiercer
Etymology
From Old French terce, alternative form of tiers (“third”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛʁ.se/
Audio (file)
Verb
tercer
- (transitive) to plough a third time
Conjugation
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: tres Ordinal: tercero Apocopated ordinal: tercer Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º Multiplier: triple Fractional: tercio | ||
| Spanish Wikipedia article on 3 | ||
Etymology
See tercero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /teɾˈθeɾ/ [t̪eɾˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /teɾˈseɾ/ [t̪eɾˈseɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: ter‧cer
Adjective
tercer m (apocopate, standard form tercero)
- (before the noun) Apocopic form of tercero (“third”)
- el tercer hijo ― the third child
Usage notes
- 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
- “tercer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014