'Third' a une référence dans l'entrée 'third'. Il se trouve dans une ou plusieurs des lignes ci-dessous.'Third' is cross-referenced with 'third'. It is in one or more of the lines below.
| Principales traductions |
third,
3rd adj | (3rd in a series or list) | troisième, 3ᵉ adj |
| | This was the third time he was lied to. |
| | The players in the third division are not paid. |
| | C'est la troisième fois qu'on lui mentait. // Les joueurs en troisième division ne sont pas payés. |
third,
3rd adj | (in race, competition: placed 3rd) (course,...) | troisième, 3ᵉ adj |
| | I was third in the 100-metre freestyle. |
| | J'ai fini troisième (or: 3ᵉ) au 100 mètres nage libre. |
third,
3rd adv | (race, competition: in 3rd place) (rang) | troisième, 3ᵉ adv |
| | | en troisième position loc adv |
| | | à la troisième place loc adv |
| | The runner was pleased to have come in third. |
| | Le coureur était content d'être arrivé troisième. |
third,
3rd,
the third,
the 3rd n | (in a series, list: 3rd item, person) | troisième nm |
| | On the list of tasks, third is mopping the floor. |
| | Sur la liste des tâches, la troisième est de balayer. |
third,
a third,
one third,
1/3 n | (fraction: 3rd part) (fraction) | tiers nm |
| Note: "a third" is used generally; "one third" is used to emphasize the precise amount |
| | She only ate a third of the sandwich. |
| | Elle n'a mangé qu'un tiers du sandwich. |
third,
a third,
one-third,
1/3 adv | (extent: 1/3) | au tiers loc adv |
| Note: "a third" is used generally; "one-third" is used to emphasize the precise amount |
| | The glass of water was a third full. |
| | Le verre d'eau était rempli au tiers. |
the Third,
III n | (monarch, pope: 3rd with given name) (roi, pape...) | III (trois) adj inv |
| Note: 'III' is spoken as "the Third." |
| | King James the Third died in battle. |
| | Charles III became king of Spain in 1759. |
| | Le roi Jacques III est mort au combat. // Charles III est devenu roi d'Espagne en 1759. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| third adv | (introducing third point) | troisièmement adv |
| | | de trois loc adv |
| | First, I don't feel like going out; second, it's late; and third, the weather is bad. |
| | Premièrement j'ai pas envie de sortir ; deuxièmement il est tard ; et troisièmement il fait mauvais dehors. |
third,
3rd,
third gear,
3rd gear n | (3rd automobile gear) (Automobile : vitesse) | troisième nf |
| | He downshifted to third to pass the truck. |
| | Il a repassé la troisième pour doubler le camion. |
third,
3rd n | (musical interval) (Musique) | tierce nf |
| | If you transpose down a third, the piece will be easier to play. |
| | Si vous transposez à la tierce inférieure, le morceau sera plus facile à jouer. |
the third,
the 3rd n | (third day of the month) (date) | le trois, le 3 nm inv |
| | I have a haircut on the 3rd. |
| | Je vais chez le coiffeur le trois (or: le 3). |
the third of,
3rd,
3rd of,
the 3rd,
the 3rd of n | UK (third day of specified month) (date) | le trois [qch], le 3 [qch] nm inv |
| Note: The written form "3 May" may also be used. |
| | James and Lucy celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary on the third of May. |
| | James et Lucy ont fêté leur 20ᵉ anniversaire de mariage le trois (or: le 3) mai. |
Third,
3rd n | (music: 3rd symphony, etc.) (Musique : symphonie,...) | troisième nmf |
| | The orchestra played Brahms's Third. |
| third n | UK, informal (honors degree: third-class pass) (France, vague équivalent) | mention passable nf |
| Note: Divided into 2:1 and 2:2 |
| | James got a third in his maths degree. |
| | James a eu une mention passable en maths. |
Formes composées
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| get the third degree from [sb] v expr | informal (be interrogated) | se faire interroger par loc v + prép |
| | (familier) | se faire cuisiner par loc v + prép |
| give [sb] the third degree v expr | informal (interrogate, question) | interroger⇒ vtr |
| | (familier) | cuisiner⇒ vtr |
one-third,
1/3 adj | (of 1/3, 33.3 per cent) | un tiers de [qch] nm |
| | She has a one-third share in the business. |
| | Elle a un tiers des parts de l'entreprise. |
pineal eye,
third eye n | (zoology) (Zoologie) | œil pinéal nm |
| third base n | (baseball: last of three bases that must be touched by runner) (Base-ball) | troisième base nf |
| | (Base-ball, Canada) | troisième but, troisième coussin nm |
| | The player made it to third base. |
| third baseman n | (baseball: fielding player at third base) (Base-ball) | joueur de troisième base, joueuse de troisième base nm, nf |
| | (Base-ball) | troisième base nmf |
| | (Base-ball, Canada) | joueur de troisième but, joueuse de troisième but nm, nf |
| | A third baseman's reflexes should be exceptional. |
| | Un joueur de troisième base doit avoir des réflexes exceptionnels. |
third best,
third-best adj | (ranked below second best) | troisième adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective before a noun. |
| | After the races they gave out awards and I was third best. |
| | She tried and she tried but she only got third best. |
| third class n | (rank below second) | troisième classe nm |
| third-class adj | (inferior) | de troisième zone loc adj |
| third conditional n | (grammar: for impossible situations) (Grammaire anglaise, jargon) | conditionnel de type 3, troisième conditionnel nm |
| | (Grammaire) | irréel du passé nm |
| Note: En anglais, il s'agit de : « If + past perfect / would have + participe passé » et de « Si + plus-que-parfait / conditionnel passé » en français. |
| | The third conditional is used for talking about past events that cannot be changed. |
| third-degree n as adj | (burns: severe, deep) (brûlures) | au troisième degré, du troisième degré loc adj |
| third dimension n | (physics: depth) | troisième dimension nf |
| third dimension n | figurative ([sth] that heightens reality) (figuré) | troisième dimension nf |
| third estate | (politics) | Tiers État nm propre |
| third eye n | figurative (intuition) (figuré) | troisième œil nm |
| third former n | UK, dated (student: 13-14) (France : 13-14 ans) | élève de quatrième, quatrième nmf |
| | (Can) | étudiant de la huitième année, étudiante de la huitième année nm, nf |
third grade,
3rd grade n | US (school year: age 8-9) (France : 8-9 ans) | CE2, cours élémentaire deuxième année nm |
| | (Belgique) | troisième primaire nf |
| | (Can) | troisième année nf |
| third man n | (sports: cricket position) (Cricket : position) | arrière ouvert nm |
| third man n | (sports: lacrosse position) (crosse canadienne) | défenseur, joueur en position de défenseur nm |
| third man n | ([sb] playing cricket position) (cricket) | arrière ouvert, joueur en position d'arrière ouvert nm |
| third man | ([sb] playing lacrosse position) (Lacrosse : position) | défenseur nm |
| third party n | (independent or additional person or group) | tiers nm |
| | | tierce personne, tierce partie nf |
| | We're designing the building ourselves, but a third party will build it. |
| | Nous dessinons l'immeuble nous-mêmes, mais une tierce partie le construira. |
| third party n | (political group additional to 2 main parties) (Politique anglo-saxonne) | troisième parti nm |
| | In the UK in 2010 the third party entered a coalition with one of the two major parties. |
| | En 2010 au Royaume-Uni, le troisième parti a fait une coalition avec l'un des deux partis principaux. |
| third person n | (grammar: he, they) (Grammaire) | troisième personne nf |
| | When I say "he spoke", I'm using the verb in the third person. |
| | Quand je dit « il a parlé », j'utilise le verbe à la troisième personne. |
| third person n as adj | (narrative: in the third person) | à la troisième personne loc adj |
| | Most novels are written in the third-person narrative mode. |
| | La plupart des romans sont écrits à la troisième personne. |
| Third Reich n | historical (Germany: years of Nazi rule) (Histoire) | Troisième Reich nm propre |
| third sector | (economics) | secteur tertiaire nm |
| third string n | (American football: players ranked third in ability) (figuré) | troisième couteau nm |
| | (familier) | remplaçant du remplaçant nm |
| third string adj | figurative (inferior) | bas de gamme loc adj |
| | | médiocre adj |
| | | de second ordre, de seconde zone loc adj |
| | | bas de gamme loc adj |
| third ventricle n | (anatomy: brain cavity) (Anatomie) | troisième ventricule nm |
| third wheel n | (odd person out among three people) (figuré) | cinquième roue du carrosse nf |
| | (Suisse, figuré) | cinquième roue du char nf |
| the Third World n | dated, offensive (poor, developing countries) | le tiers monde, le tiers-monde nm |
| Note: The expression "the developing world" is preferred. |
| | People in rich countries don't do enough to help people in the Third World. |
| | Les gens des pays riches ne font pas assez pour aider les gens du tiers monde. |
Third World,
Third-World n as adj | dated, offensive (of, in developing countries) | du tiers monde, du tiers-monde loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen may be used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
third-class degree,
third class degree n | UK (honors degree: lowest pass) (Grande-Bretagne, Éducation) | licence sans mention nf |
| third-hand adj | (had two previous owners) | de troisième main loc adj |
| third-hand adj | (news: relayed through many) (information) | de troisième main loc adj |
| third-party claim proceeding n | often plural (law: claim in existing litigation) (Droit) | procédure de mise en cause nf |
| third-party contractor n | (external freelancer or consultant) | cocontractant nm |
| | En qualité de cocontractant, vous devez aussi signer ce contrat. |
| third-party insurance n | (econ: protection against another party) | assurance responsabilité civile nf |
| third-party right n | usually plural (law: contract beneficiary's privilege) (Droit) | droit d'un tiers nm |
| third-rate adj | (low quality) | très médiocre loc adj |
| | | de mauvaise qualité loc adj |
| | | de bas étage loc adj |
Third-World country,
third-world country n | (nation: poor, developing) | pays du tiers monde, pays du tiers-monde nm |
twenty-third,
23rd,
the twenty-third,
the 23rd adj | (item, person: 23rd in a series or list) | vingt-troisième, 23ᵉ adj |
twenty-third,
23rd,
the twenty-third,
the 23rd n | (in a series, list: 23rd item, person) | vingt-troisième, 23ᵉ nmf |
the twenty-third,
the 23rd n | (twenty-third day of the month) (date) | le vingt-trois ([qch]), le 23 ([qch]) nm inv |
| | Sorry I missed your birthday; I thought it was the 23rd, not the 21st. |
| | Désolé, j'ai oublié ton anniversaire : je pensais que c'était le 23, pas le 21. |
the twenty-third of,
23rd,
23rd of,
the 23rd,
the 23rd of n | UK (twenty-third day of specified month) (date) | le vingt-trois [qch], le 23 [qch] nm inv |
| Note: The written form "23 May" may also be used. |
| | The 23rd of May marks ten years since we moved into this house. |
| | Le 23 mai marque les dix ans de notre emménagement dans cette maison. |