terço

From Old Portuguese terço, from Latin tertius (“third”), from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ˈteɹ.su/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈteɻ.so/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈteɾ.su/
• Hyphenation: ter‧ço

terço m (plural terços)

1. third (one of three equal parts of a whole)
2. (Roman Catholicism) prayer beads used to pray; the rosary
3. (historical, military) tercio (a type of military formation used in the early modern age)

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• (prayer beads): rosário

terço m (feminine singular terça, masculine plural terços, feminine plural terças, not comparable)

1. which is one third (1/3) of something

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terço m (feminine terça, masculine plural terços, feminine plural terças)

1. (archaic) third

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• terceiro, 3.º, tércio

• terça-feira

• terceiro
• tércio
• três