terço

See also: terco

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˈteɹ.su/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈteɻ.so/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈteɾ.su/
  • Hyphenation: ter‧ço

Noun

terço m (plural terços)

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

Quotations

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Synonyms

Adjective

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

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

Quotations

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Numeral

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

  1. (archaic) third

Quotations

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Synonyms

Derived terms

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