tertium quid - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - territory
  - terror
  - terrorism
  - terrorist
  - terrorize
  - terry
  - terse
  - tertian
  - tertiary
  - tertiary industry
  - tertium quid
  - tervalent
  - terylene
  - terza rima
  - terzetto
  - TESL
  - tesla
  - Tesla coil
  - TESOL
  - TESSA
  - tessellate
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

tertium quid

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tertium quid /ˌtəːʃɪəm ˈkwɪd, ˌtəːtɪəm/

▶noun an indefinite and undefined third thing related to two definite or known things.

– origin C18: from late L., translation of Gk triton ti ‘some third thing’.

'tertium quid' also found in these Oxford entries:

Forum discussions with the word(s) "tertium quid" in the title:

No titles with the word(s) "tertium quid".

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "tertium quid" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "tertium quid" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.