Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian тристишие
- тристишие (tristišie)three-line stanza in a poem
Catalan tercet
- tercetthree-line stanza in a poem
Danish terzine, terzet
- terzinethree-line stanza in a poem
- terzetthree-line stanza in a poem
Dutch terzine
- terzinethree-line stanza in a poem
Estonian tertsett
- tertsettthree-line stanza in a poem
Finnish tertsetti
- tertsettithree-line stanza in a poem
German Terzett, Terzine
- Terzettthree-line stanza in a poem
- Terzinethree-line stanza in a poem
Greek τερτσίνα
- τερτσίνα (tertsína)three-line stanza in a poem
Hebrew שְׁלֹשֶת
- שְׁלֹשֶת (shloshet)three-line stanza in a poem
Hungarian tercett, terzina
- tercettthree-line stanza in a poem
- terzinathree-line stanza in a poem
Italian terzina
- terzinathree-line stanza in a poem
Polish tercyna
- tercynathree-line stanza in a poem
Portuguese terceto
- tercetothree-line stanza in a poem
Romanian terțet, terțină
- terțetthree-line stanza in a poem
- terținăthree-line stanza in a poem
Russian терце́т
- терце́т (tercét)three-line stanza in a poem
Spanish terceto
- tercetothree-line stanza in a poem
Swedish terzin
- terzinthree-line stanza in a poem
Cite this entry
APA
tercet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tercet
MLA
“tercet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tercet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tercet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tercet.
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