terzo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese terço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tertius (“third”). Cognate with Portuguese terço and Spanish tercio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɾθo̝/, (western) /ˈteɾso̝/

Noun

terzo m (plural terzos)

1. third (one of three equal parts of a whole)
2. (historical, military) tercio (a type of military formation used in the early modern age)

Numeral

terzo m (feminine singular terza, masculine plural terzos, feminine plural terzas)

1. third (which is one third (1/3) of something)
   • 1292, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Domínguez (ed.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galici, page 439:

     e dian destes herdamentos sobredictos cada ano terza parte de todo froyto

     and they shall give of these properties each year a third of the production

   • 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo (ed.), Crónica de Santa María de Íria. Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 96:

     vierõ en concordia en tal gujsa que os pobres galegos ouvesen a terça parte da terra, en que viuessen; et os godos et suebos as duas partes et o señorio.

     they came to a concord so that the poor Galicians would have a third of the land for living, and the Goths and the Sueves the two parts and the lordship

   Synonym: terceiro

Derived terms

• terza feira

Related terms

• terceiro
• tres

References

• “terço” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “terz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “terç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “terzo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “terzo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

Italian numbers ^(edit)

	30
←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: tre     Ordinal: terzo     Ordinal abbreviation: 3º     Adverbial: tre volte     Multiplier: triplo, triplice     Collective: tutti e tre     Fractional: terzo
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Etymology

From Latin tertius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.t͡so/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrtso
• Syllabification: tèr‧zo

Adjective

terzo (feminine terza, masculine plural terzi, feminine plural terze)

1. (ordinal number) third
2. uninvolved, neutral, third-party

Noun

terzo m (plural terzi)

1. (fractional number) third
2. (in the plural) others (other people)

Ladin

Noun

terzo m (plural terzi)

1. third

Related terms

• terz