williamylee

[static isle]

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[daring turtle]

le tiers → a third of something

• j'ai pris le tiers du gâteau → I took a third of the cake
  le troisième → the third
• je suis le troisième fils de ma famille → I'm the third son in my family

[cold notch]

i've just realized these are the same words in english

[lusty bobcat]

To clarify, it's the same difference as with half and second, quarter and fourth (though fourth can also be used for the first sense)

[stark zenith]

Un tiers is also une partie tierce (third party).

(Yes, tierce is the feminine version of the adjective tiers.)

[lapis patrol]

Shouldn't "one third" be "un tiers"? So "j'ai pris un tiers du gâteau" ?

[cold notch]

yes

one third, a third, same thing