terço

Portuguese

/ˈteʁ.su/, /ˈteɹ.su/, /ˈteɻ.so/, /ˈteɾ.su/

noun
Definitions
  • third one of three equal parts of a whole
  • (Roman Catholicism) prayer beads used to pray; the rosary
  • (historical) tercio a type of military formation used in the early modern age

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese terço inherited from Latin tertius (third) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (three).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tréyes

Gloss

three

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Kanji

三

Emoji
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