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terce

/tɝːs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
ter-ce
IPA
/tɝːs/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The service appointed for this hour.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old French terce, from Latin tertia (“third; the third hour”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, terce, tertia

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /tɝːs/
  • British English: /tɜːs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

terces (plural) tierce (alternative)

Synonyms

undern half undern undermeal underntide undertide undern-time undern-song tierce

Homonyms

terse

Rhymes With

worse universe nurse reverse diverse verse curse purse public purse converse traverse disperse

Questions

How do you pronounce terce?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɝːs/.
What does terce mean?
The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
Where does terce come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce terce

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