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Troisieme is the third when counting. “Tiers” is the third when taking a fraction. I can only speak to modern french though.
by sattoshi 2y ago
Troisieme is the third when counting. “Tiers” is the third when taking a fraction.
I can only speak to modern french though.
- davidivadavid 2y agoThat got me curious, and according to the French Wikipedia, he was originally called "Letiers" (with the same etymological explanation) before he renamed himself "Lethiers" and finally "Lethière". Seems to hold up.
- srdgh 2y ago"Tiers" can mean "third" in a sense other than fractions. E.g. Le Tiers-Etat (the Third Estate in the Ancien Regime) and "un tiers" ("a third party").