tercet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)sɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(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)
• Catalan: tercet m
• Danish: terzine c, terzet c
• Dutch: terzine (nl) f
• Estonian: tertsett
• Finnish: tertsetti (fi)
• Georgian: ტერცეტი (ṭerceṭi)
• German: Terzett n, Terzine (de) f
• Greek: τερτσίνα (tertsína)
• 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

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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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

Hungarian

Etymology

terc +‎ -et

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tercet

1. accusative singular of terc

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Indo-European *tri-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *tritós

Proto-Italic *tritios

Latin tertius

Italian terzo

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Italian -etto

Italian terzettobor.

Polish tercet

Borrowed from Italian terzetto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.t͡sɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrt͡sɛt
• Syllabification: ter‧cet

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^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “tercet”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)