tierce

1. 1.

   the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.

   Synonymsterce

   Broadercanonical hour
2. 2.

   the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

   Synonymsthree3IIItriothreesomeleashtroikatriadtrinetrinityternaryterniontriplettercet

   Broaderdigit
3. 3.

   one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

   “it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement”

   Synonymsone-thirdthird

   Broadercommon fraction

Other forms of tierce

plural

tierces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tierce

What does tierce mean?

tierce means "the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tierce?

tierce has 1 syllable: tierce. In IPA it is /ˈtiɹs/.

What is another word for tierce?

Close synonyms include terce, three, 3, III, trio. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tierce a common word?

tierce is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.