tierce

== English == === Etymology === From Old French tierce, from Latin tertia. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɪəs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɪɚs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɜːs/ (card) Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)s, -ɜːs === Noun === tierce (plural tierces) (obsolete) A third. (religion, Roman Catholicism) Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service. (now historical) A cask of a certain size, or its volume used as a measure of capacity. Larger than a barrel but smaller than a hogshead. Hypernym: cask Coordinate terms: (in order of increasing volume) rundlet; barrel; hogshead; puncheon, tertian; pipe, butt; tun (music) The third tone of the scale. See mediant. (card games) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major. (fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height. (heraldry) An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag. (obsolete) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === cerite, receit, recite == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French tierce, tiers, from Latin tertia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tjɛʁs/ === Adjective === tierce feminine singular of tiers === Noun === tierce f (plural tierces) (music) third terce === Further reading === “tierce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === écrite, étréci, récite, récité == Old French == === Adjective === tierce m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tierce) alternative form of tiers ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike Modern French tierce, it is attested with masculine nouns as well as feminine ones.