Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiercet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tiercet
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.

Etymology

From French tercet. See tercet.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: tercet

Inflected Forms

tiercets (plural)

Questions

What does tiercet mean?: A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.
Where does tiercet come from?: It is traced to French.

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