No. 155 in French
troisième
"Troisième" means "third" in English.
In a sentence
C'est la troisième fois que je visite ce musée.
This is the third time I visit this museum.
In this sentence, 'troisième' is used as an ordinal number to indicate the sequence of occurrences.
Elle est arrivée troisième dans la course.
She finished third in the race.
'Troisième' here expresses ranking, indicating her position in the race results.
La troisième réponse était correcte.
The third answer was correct.
The word 'troisième' describes the order in a list, specifying the correct choice in sequence.
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