3o
French, adverb/tɛʁ.sjo/
3o is spelled O (one letter) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 92,562nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). 3o is a French adverb meaning “3rd (abbreviation of tertio)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tertio”.
What does 3o mean in English?
adverb
- 1
3rd (abbreviation of tertio)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Tertio.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of 3o
- 3ᵒ canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce 3o?
- /tɛʁ.sjo/
- \tɛʁ.sjo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is 3o in French?
3o appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).