tiers

See also: Tiers

English

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tiers
  • (file)

Noun

tiers

  1. plural of tier

Verb

tiers

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tier

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

tiers c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of tier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tiers, terce, tierz, tierce, from Latin tertius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tjɛʁ/
  • (file)

Adjective

French numbers (edit)
30
[a], [b]   2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: trois
    Ordinal: troisième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3e, (nonstandard) 3ème
    Multiplier: triple
    Fractional: tiers

tiers (feminine tierce, masculine plural tiers, feminine plural tierces)

  1. (dated) third
  2. third-party

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

French numbers (edit)
[a], [b]   2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: trois
    Ordinal: troisième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3e, (nonstandard) 3ème
    Multiplier: triple
    Fractional: tiers

tiers m (plural tiers)

  1. a third (one of three equal parts)
  2. a third-party (an outsider of a group)

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin tertius.

Adjective

tiers m (occasionally used with feminine nouns)

  1. third (3rd)

Declension

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