tiers
Meanings
Noun
1. a third (one of three equal parts)
2. a third-party (an outsider of a group)
Examples29
Un tiers des six membres était des femmes.
One-third of the six members were women.
Nous passons un tiers de nos vies à dormir.
We spend a third of our lives sleeping.
Un tiers de neuf est trois.
One third of nine is three.
Le corps humain comporte deux tiers d’eau.
Two thirds of the human body is made up of water.
Environ deux tiers de notre corps est composé d'eau.
Around two-thirds of our body is made up of water.
Un tiers est inférieur à un demi.
A third is less than a half.