third

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

Noun

1. The person or thing in the third position.
2. One of three equal parts of a whole.
3. The third gear of a gearbox.
4. An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
5. third base
6. A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
7. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
8. One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.

Verb

1. (informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
2. To divide into three equal parts.

Concepts

troisième

tiers

tierce

troisièmement

trois

tertio

3e

troisième base

troisième trois

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/θɜːd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

Phrases

Give them a little third degree .

Donnez-leur un petit troisième degré.

If the second couple declined , the third couple was asked .

Si le deuxième couple refusait, le troisième couple a été demandé.

Five times she came in third in the overall ranking .

Cinq fois, elle est arrivée troisième dans le classement général.

Venezuelan finished third .

Le Vénézuélien a terminé troisième.