tiers

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: tiers
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Noun[edit]

tiers

  1. plural of tier

Verb[edit]

tiers

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tier

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Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

tiers c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of tier

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French tiers, terce, tierz, tierce, from Latin tertius.

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French numbers (edit)
30
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: trois
    Ordinal: troisième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3e, (nonstandard) 3ème
    Multiplier: triple
    Fractional: tiers

tiers (feminine tierce, masculine plural tiers, feminine plural tierces)

  1. (dated) third
  2. third-party

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Noun[edit]

French numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: trois
    Ordinal: troisième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3e, (nonstandard) 3ème
    Multiplier: triple
    Fractional: tiers

tiers m (plural tiers)

  1. a third (one of three equal parts)
  2. a third-party (an outsider of a group)

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin tertius.

Adjective[edit]

tiers m (occasionally used with feminine nouns)

  1. third (3rd)

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