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Meaning of "tierce" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TIERCE

From Old French, feminine of tiers third, from Latin tertius.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TIERCE

tierce  [tɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TIERCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tierce is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TIERCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tierce

Tierce comes from the Latin word for "third" and can refer to: ▪ Tierce - an old English unit of volume ▪ Tierce - an organ stop, also known as a seventeenth ▪ Tierce - a fencing maneuvre ▪ Tierce - an open-source content management system ▪ Tierce - a sixtieth part of a second ▪ Tierce de Picardie - a harmonic device used in European classical music ▪ Tierce - a horse racing bet type; also known as a Trifecta ▪ Tierce - a surname ▪ Among hunters, a collection of three -- or three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks or hares — is called “a leash.”...

Definition of tierce in the English dictionary

The first definition of tierce in the dictionary is the third of eight basic positions from which a parry or attack can be made in fencing. Other definition of tierce is a sequence of three cards in the same suit. Tierce is also an obsolete measure of capacity equal to 42 wine gallons.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TIERCE


alias
ˈeɪlɪəs
Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
bias
ˈbaɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
Elias
ɪˈlaɪəs
furious
ˈfjʊərɪəs
genius
ˈdʒiːnɪəs
glorious
ˈɡlɔːrɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
homogeneous
ˌhəʊməˈdʒiːnɪəs
luxurious
lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs
Matthias
məˈθaɪəs
miscellaneous
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs
mysterious
mɪˈstɪərɪəs
obvious
ˈɒbvɪəs
pierce
pɪəs
previous
ˈpriːvɪəs
radius
ˈreɪdɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TIERCE

tie-up
tieback
Tieck
tied
tied house
tied to someone´s apron strings
tieless
tiemannite
Tien Shan
Tientsin
tiepin
Tiepolo
tier
tierce de Picardie
tierced
tiercel
tierceron
Tierra del Fuego
ties
tietac

WORDS THAT END LIKE TIERCE

alerce
amerce
Bierce
chamber of commerce
coerce
commerce
e-commerce
effierce
empierce
enfierce
International Chamber of Commerce
m-commerce
sesterce
terce
transpierce

Synonyms and antonyms of tierce in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tierce» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TIERCE

Find out the translation of tierce to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tierce from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tierce» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

三度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tierce
570 millions of speakers

English

tierce
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीपा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خارج الخصومة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

терсе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tierce
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিপা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tierce
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tierce
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Terz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ティアス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tierce
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tierce
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bộ ba lá bài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tierce
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üçlü seri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tierce
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tierce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Терсі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tierce
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Tierce
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terts
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tierce
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tierce
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tierce

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TIERCE»

The term «tierce» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.219 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TIERCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tierce» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tierce» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tierce

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIERCE»

Discover the use of tierce in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tierce and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rethinking Grigny's "Recit de Tierce en Taille" in the ...
Informed performance of this piece demands a thorough working knowledge of the Organ Mass with alternatim practice in the Catholic liturgy.
Namhee Han, 2007
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Truth... According to the Scriptures
The focus of this book is to examine Bible truths as they actually are, not in a twisted or perverted way that man or religion sometimes try to interpret them to be.
David J. Tierce, 2010
3
The Registration of Baroque Organ Music
Jen de tierce: Bourdon 8', Prestant 4', Quinte 2 2/3' and Tierce 1 3/5'; may also include the Doublette 2' and Montres 16' and 8' [N]. With the Doublette, but without the Montres, this combination is used in duos and trios [L].With the Montre and ...
Barbara Owen, 1997
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A vision of Hell: the Inferno, tr. into Engl. tierce rhyme, ...
Dante Alighieri. LUCIFER— EXIT FROM HELL. 177 ' ' That soul above, that hath the greatest pain, Is Judas Iscariot," the Master said, " Whose head's within, outside his legs do strain. Of the two beside that downward have the head, Who from ...
Dante Alighieri, 1877
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Mind and Body
(All 10. 11. THEORY OF FENCING IN FORM OF A CATECHISM. By GEO. HEINTZ, Sr. rigth reserved.) (Continued) SEVENTEENTH LESSON. Quarte Engage: 1, Double, disengage, and lunge; guard, parry counter quarte, tierce, quarte, and ...
‎1899
6
New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2008
Merritt. Tierce. SUCK. IT. (from Southwest Review) Owc& it is Danny's favorite phrase, which he employs as a gen- Oeral greeting. Sometimes he inflects it as a question: Suck it? Directed at a female, it might often be appended: Suck it, sista.
Z. Z. Packer, Kathy Pories, 2008
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Fencing
To meet the first of these attacks when ending in inside line : parry, after the change, counter-tierce and quarte, or counter-tierce and septime, or double counter-tierce ; to the second answer by counter-tierce and seconde, or counter- tierce and ...
Walter Herries Pollock, F. C. Grove, Camille Prevost, 1893
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The National Provisioner
The curing pickle in one tierce was inoculated with 400 cubic centimeters of a culture suspension of the bacillus, prepared in the same manner as that used for the injection of the hams in tierce 2 in Experiment II. A microscopic preparation ...
‎1911
9
Cold Steel: The Art of Fencing with the Sabre
The Art of Fencing with the Sabre Alfred Hutton. M. Point quarte (Iow). Parry quarte. Point tierce. Parry high prime. Point tierce. Parry low quarte. Point tierce. Parry septime, by disengaging over. Point tierce. Parry seconde. Point tierce.
Alfred Hutton, 2012
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The Provincial Statutes of Canada
Bills of inspection. requirements of this Act, each and every barrel or half barrel, tierce or half tierce 0} Beef and Pork submitted to them for Inspection : Provided always, that such Inspection may be made either at the store, shop or warehouse  ...
Canada, 1841

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIERCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tierce is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tierce: Finger Lakes Riesling collaboration makes annual debut this …
Tierce, a dry Riesling that is a collaboration among the Anthony Road, Fox Run and Red Newt wineries in the Finger Lakes. (Anthony Road Wine Co.). «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»
2
ABC15 salutes Arizona veterans: Mark Tierce
Since the time he was three, all Mark Tierce ever wanted to do was join the Army. ... ABC15 and Sanderson Ford want to salute Mark Tierce for his continued ... «ABC15 Arizona, Jun 15»
3
Tierce, Gywnne finalists for PEN awards
Merritt Tierce of Dallas is a finalist for the $25,000 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction for her novel “Love Me Back.” She joins Molly Antopol for “The ... «austin360, Apr 15»
4
Bond, Tierce, Deep Vellum make PEN shortlist
Local writer Merritt Tierce is a nominee for the $25,000 prize for debut fiction for her emotionally raw Dallas-set novel Love Me Back. Among her competitors is ... «Dallas Morning News, Apr 15»
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'After Birth,' by Elisa Albert
By MERRITT TIERCE FEB. 27, 2015. Inside. Supported By. Photo. Elisa Albert Credit Hulya Kilicaslan. Advertisement. Continue reading the main story. «New York Times, Feb 15»
6
'Love Me Back,' by Merritt Tierce: review
Some people won't love “Love Me Back,” because some people prefer an evident moral, or at least a resolution. Merritt Tierce, the debut author of this ... «SFGate, Oct 14»
7
Vampire vet Millard Lucien Tierce indicted on three counts
Millard Lucien 'Lou' Tierce, 71, has been charged with one count of theft, one count of misapplication of fiduciary property and one count of animal cruelty, ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
8
Self Service: Merritt Tierce drew on her own time waiting tables for …
Cutting through the current cloud of romanticism surrounding food culture, Merritt Tierce's fearless debut novel Love Me Back is an unsentimental meditation on ... «Austin Chronicle, Oct 14»
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Ft. Worth Vet's Penalty Not Tough Enough, Dog's Owner Says
The Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners suspended Dr. Millard Lucien "Lou" Tierce's license on Tuesday for five years, after he admitted he had ... «NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Oct 14»
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Review: 'Love Me Back' by Merritt Tierce
A former server, Tierce penned the first of the short stories that eventually became "Love Me Back" after a particularly brutal shift, and she adroitly captures both ... «Chicago Tribune, Oct 14»

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