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un tiers

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Definition: (fraction) third; third party/person

Il m'a donné un tiers de l'argent - He gave me a third of the money.

J'ai appris la nouvelle par un tiers - I learned the news from a third party

(adj) third

le Tiers Monde - the Third World

Related: la tierce épreuve - final draft; un tiers arbitre - independent arbitrator; lesson on ordinal numbers

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