tiers

See also: Tiers

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tiers

Noun

tiers

1. plural of tier

Verb

tiers

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tier

Anagrams

• Istre, Reist, Sirte, iters, resit, rites, tires, tries

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Danish

Noun

tiers c

1. indefinite genitive singular of tier

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tjɛʁ/

• audio (un tiers):

  (file)

Adjective

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

1. third, mostly in a few set expressions like tiers-monde
2. third-party

Noun

French numbers ^(edit)

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

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

Synonyms

• (third): troisième

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rîtes, tires, tirés, tries, triés

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Old French

Alternative forms

• terce
• tierz
• tierce (all attested with both masculine and feminine nouns)

Etymology

From Latin tertius.

Adjective

tiers m (occasionally used with feminine nouns)

1. third (3rd)

Declension

Declension of tiers

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	tiers	tierce	tiers
	Oblique	tiers	tierce	tiers
Plural	Subject	tiers	tierces	tiers
	Oblique	tiers	tierces	tiers