Home › Words › T › tiercettiercettiercet · noun — A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tiercet ranks #2,501 of 43,042 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom French tercet. See tercet.nounA triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tercet 82% match — a three-line stanza in a poem vs tiercet →terzina 76% match — A tercet. vs tiercet →tristich 76% match — A tercet. vs tiercet →terzetto 70% match — A composition in three voice parts, or the vocal (or, rarely, instrumental) trio. vs tiercet →tripody 69% match — Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure. vs tiercet →triolet 69% match — An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter. vs tiercet →triplety 68% match — Containing musical triplets. vs tiercet →terzet 68% match — A terzetto; a composition in three voice parts. vs tiercet →