terce
UK/tɜːs/US/tɝːs/
terce noun: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
Noun
terce (countable and uncountable, plural terces)
- The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
- The service appointed for this hour.
- Synonyms:
- undern, half undern, undermeal, underntide, undertide, undern-time, undern-song
- A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.
terce meaning in Tamil
terce in Tamil
- மூன்றிலொன்று
Synonyms of terce
Forms of terce
| plural | terces |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tierce |
Origin of terce
Late Middle English, from Old French terce, from Latin tertia (“third; the third hour”).
Words that rhyme with terce
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- purse
- worse
- -verse
- coerce
- converse
- excurse
- immerse
- multiverse
- obverse
- terse
- amerce
- asperse
- herse
- neurodiverse
- perse
- reimburse
- transverse
- a blessing and a curse
- absterse
- accurse
- costotransverse
- demerse
- disburse
- Erse
- intertransverse
- megadiverse
- murse
- nontransverse
- pretransverse
- public purse
- recurse
- renverse
- sperse
- submerse
- subtransverse
- thurse
Questions about terce
- What does terce mean?
- Terce means the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
- What is terce in Tamil?
- Terce in Tamil is மூன்றிலொன்று. See Terce meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is terce?
- Terce is a noun.
- How do you pronounce terce?
- Terce is pronounced /tɜːs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of terce?
- The plural of terce is terces.
Words near terce in the dictionary
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