tercet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)sɪt/

Noun

tercet (plural tercets)

1. a three-line stanza in a poem

Translations

three-line stanza in a poem

• Armenian: տերցետ (hy) (tercʻet)
• Bulgarian: тристишие n (tristišie)
• Danish: terzine c, terzet c
• Dutch: terzine (nl) f
• Estonian: tertsett
• Finnish: tertsetti (fi)
• Georgian: ტერცეტი (ṭerceṭi)
• German: Terzett n
• Greek: τερτσίνα (tertsína)
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• Hebrew: שְׁלֹשֶת m (shloshet)
• Hungarian: tercett (hu), terzina
• Italian: terzina (it) f
• Polish: tercyna f
• Portuguese: terceto (pt) m
• Romanian: terțet (ro) n, terțină (ro) f
• Russian: терце́т (ru) m (tercét)
• Spanish: terceto (es) m
• Swedish: terzin (sv) c

See also

• couplet
• quatrain
• cinquain
• sestet
• septet
• terzain
• triplet
• tristich
• octave

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French

Noun

tercet m (plural tercets)

1. (poetry) tercet

Further reading

• “tercet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Hungarian

Etymology

terc +‎ -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛrt͡sɛt]
• Hyphenation: ter‧cet

Noun

tercet

1. accusative singular of terc

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian terzetto.

Noun

tercet m inan

1. (music) terzetto (vocal (or, rarely, instrumental) trio)

   Synonym: trio

2. (music) terzetto (composition in three voice parts)

   Synonym: trio

3. trio (group of three people or things)

   Synonym: trio

Declension

Declension of tercet

	singular	plural
nominative	tercet	tercety
genitive	tercetu	tercetów
dative	tercetowi	tercetom
accusative	tercet	tercety
instrumental	tercetem	tercetami
locative	tercecie	tercetach
vocative	tercecie	tercety

Further reading

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