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-esimo
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esimo
Italian
Etymology 1
From it la -ēsimus, exhibited in the numerals from 20-90, as well as the hundreds and thousands.
Pronunciation
-èsimo,ésimo<r:DiPI:ventesimo>
Suffix
it numeral-forming suffixesit -th-th used to form ordinal numbers
Usage notes
Usage notes
This regular suffix is used with all numbers following 10; ordinals from 1 to 10 are irregular instead.
it uno one → it primo primo first
it due two → it secondo secondo second
it tre three → it terzo terzo third
it quattro four → it quarto quarto fourth
it cinque five → it quinto quinto fifth
it sei six → it sesto sesto sixth
it sette seven → it settimo settimo seventh
it otto eight → it ottavo ottavo eighth
it nove nine → it nono nono ninth
it dieci ten → it decimo decimo tenth
it undici eleven → it undicesimo undicesimo, old-fashioned it decimoprimo decimoprimo eleventh
it dodici twelve → it dodicesimo dodicesimo, old-fashioned it decimosecondo decimosecondo twelfth it diciassette seventeen → it diciassettesimo diciassettesimo, old-fashioned it decimosettimo decimosettimo seventeenth
it ventuno twenty-one → it ventunesimo ventunesimo, old-fashioned it ventesimoprimo ventesimoprimo twenty-first
it ventotto twenty-eight → it ventottesimo ventottesimo, old-fashioned it ventesimottavo ventesimottavo twenty-eighth
it quaranta forty → it quarantesimo quarantesimo fortieth
it cento hundred → it centesimo centesimo hundredth
it duemila two thousand → it duemillesimo duemillesimo two thousandth
it tre milioni three million → it tremilionesimo tremilionesimo three millionth
it enne N → it ennesimo ennesimo nth, umpteenth
Derived terms
it -esimo (-th)
Etymology 2
From it la -ismus, from it grc -ισμός. Compare scn -ìsimu.
Pronunciation
-ésimo,èsimo<r:DiPI:urbanesimo>
Suffix
m
it -ismit -ismo
Derived terms
it -esimo (-ism)
References
Anagrams
it eimos Moïsè omise
it heteronyms
Latin
Pronunciation
-ēsimō
Suffix
la suffix form -ēsimō
la -ēsimus dat//abl m//n s