tercet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tercet	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tercet n the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one Synonym(s): three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tercet \Ter"cet\, n. [F., fr. It. terzetto, dim. of terzo, third, L. tertius. See {Tierce}, and cf. {Terzetto}.] 1. (Mus.) A triplet. --Hiles. 2. (Poetry) A triplet; a group of three lines.