tiercer
French, verb/tjɛʁ.se/
tiercer is spelled T-I-E-R-C-E-R (7 letters). Tiercer is a French verb meaning “alternative spelling of tercer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Donner aux terres le troisième labour, la troisième façon”.
What does tiercer mean in English?
verb
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alternative spelling of tercer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Donner aux terres le troisième labour, la troisième façon. 2. Lors d'une adjudication, hausser d'un tiers l'enchère. Faire un tiercement. 3. Réduire un objet, un dessin au tiers de sa dimension de départ. 4. Mettre les segments d'un cylindre de moteur dans leurs rainures.
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 tiercer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- tierçant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- tiercé participle past
- tierce first-person indicative present
- tierces indicative present second-person
- tierçons first-person indicative plural
- tiercez indicative plural present
- tiercent indicative plural present
- tierçais first-person imperfect indicative
- tierçait imperfect indicative singular
- tiercions first-person imperfect indicative
- tierciez imperfect indicative plural
- tierçaient imperfect indicative plural
- tierçai first-person historic indicative
- tierças historic indicative past
- tierça historic indicative past
- tierçâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tiercer?
- /tjɛʁ.se/
- \tjɛʁ.se\
- [tjɛʁ.se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.