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> “Le Thière” is French for “the third” Is this true? I know modern French is troisième, but I'd never seen this before, so I googled. There seems to be nothin
by ralferoo 2y ago
> “Le Thière” is French for “the third”
Is this true? I know modern French is troisième, but I'd never seen this before, so I googled. There seems to be nothing on the internet about it, and remarkably few matches for Thière beyond misspellings of théière (teapot), which makes me think the authors of this article just made this up.
- sattoshi 2y agoTroisieme 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").