terce

See also:tercé

English

Alternative forms

• tierce

Etymology

LateMiddle English,fromOld Frenchterce,fromLatintertia(“third;thethirdhour”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/tɜːs/
• (Canada,US)IPA^(key):/tɝːs/
• Rhymes:-ɜː(ɹ)s
• Homophone:terse

Noun

terce(countableanduncountable,pluralterces)

1. (historical)Thethirdhourofdaylight(about9am).
2. (chieflyRoman Catholicism,Eastern Orthodoxy)Theserviceappointedforthishour.
3. (Scots law)Awidow'sright,where she has noconventionalprovision,to aliferentof athirdof thehusband'sheritableproperty.

Synonyms

• (hour):undern,half undern,undermeal,underntide,undertide(obsolete)
• (service):undern-song(obsolete)

Hypernyms

• (both senses):canonical hour
• (service):liturgy of the hours

Translations

third hour of daylight

• Catalan:terça(ca)f
• Dutch:terts(nl)morf
• French:tierce(fr)f
• Old English:undernm,undernmæl,underntid,underntima
• Walloon:tice(wa)m

Christian service during this hour

• Catalan:terça(ca)f
• Dutch:terts(nl)morf
• French:tierce(fr)f
• Old English:undernsang,underntid
• Walloon:tice(wa)m

Anagrams

• -crete,Crete,erect,recte

French

Verb

terce

1. inflection oftercer:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
   2. second-personsingularimperative

Anagrams

• crête

Hungarian

Etymology

terc+‎-e(possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈtɛrt͡sɛ]
• Hyphenation:ter‧ce

Noun

terce

1. third-personsingularsingle-possessionpossessiveofterc

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	terce	—
accusative	tercét	—
dative	tercének	—
instrumental	tercével	—
causal-final	tercéért	—
translative	tercévé	—
terminative	tercéig	—
essive-formal	terceként	—
essive-modal	tercéül	—
inessive	tercében	—
superessive	tercén	—
adessive	tercénél	—
illative	tercébe	—
sublative	tercére	—
allative	tercéhez	—
elative	tercéből	—
delative	tercéről	—
ablative	tercétől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	tercéé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	tercééi	—

Middle English

Noun

terce

1. Alternative form ofters

Old French

Adjective

tercem(oblique and nominative feminine singularterce)

1. Alternative form oftiers

Portuguese

Verb

terce

1. third-personsingularpresentsubjunctiveofterçar