tercer

Inherited from Latin tertiārius.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tərˈse]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [teɾˈseɾ]

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tercer (feminine tercera, masculine plural tercers, feminine plural terceres)

1. (ordinal number) third

tercer m (plural tercers, feminine tercera)

1. mediator (a third party who negotiates between two other parties in a dispute)
2. (obsolete) tierce; unit of liquid measure

• “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.

• terser
• tiercer

Inherited from Old French terce, alternative form of tiers (“third”).

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁ.se/

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tercer

1. (transitive) to plough a third time

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

See tercero.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /teɾˈθeɾ/ [t̪eɾˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /teɾˈseɾ/ [t̪eɾˈseɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ter‧cer

tercer m (apocopate, standard form tercero)

1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of tercero (“third”)

   el tercer hijo ― the third child

• 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.

• “tercer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014