third

troisième

Qui vient en position numéro trois, après le deuxième.

En anglais simple : In position number three, after the second.

• Our flat is on the third floor.
• She finished in third place.
• This is my third visit to London.

Synonymes : 3rd, 3d, IIIrd, III

Expressions courantes : third place, third floor, third time

tiers

Une des trois parts égales d’un tout.

En anglais simple : One of three equal parts of something.

• I ate a third of the cake.
• About one third of our income goes on rent.
• Divide the mixture into thirds.

Comment l'utiliser : a/one third of something (A third of the class was absent.)

Synonymes : one-third, ⅓, 1/3

Expressions courantes : a third, one third, third of something

troisième, troisième place

La personne, la chose ou la place qui vient en troisième dans un ordre.

En anglais simple : The person, thing, or place that is number three in an order.

• Two guests arrived early; the third was late.
• She finished third in the race.
• I liked the first two books more than the third.

Expressions courantes : the third, a third, finish third

tierce

Écart de hauteur entre une note et celle située deux degrés plus haut dans une gamme.

En anglais simple : The distance in pitch from one musical note to the note two steps above it in a scale.

• Play a major third on the piano.
• The two singers sang in thirds.
• This chord contains a minor third.

Expressions courantes : major third, minor third, a third