troisième

/tʁwazjɛm/

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Translation

third

Word origin

Formed from trois ('three'), from Latin tres, with the ordinal suffix -ième. The Latin tres also gives English 'three' and 'trio'.

Origin
Latin
Root
tertius
English cognates
tertiary

Grammar

Masc pluraltroisièmes

Examples

C' .

This is the third time I have told you this.

.

They live on the third floor of this building.

.

She came third in Saturday's race.

chapitre .

The third chapter of the book is the most interesting.

C' , .

This is our third child, two girls and a boy.

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This word is part of lesson 30.