vigesimo
See also: vigésimo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin vīgēsimus, alternative form of vīcēsimus (“twentieth”) formed by analogy with vīgintī (“twenty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˈd͡ʒɛ.zi.mo/, /viˈd͡ʒe.zi.mo/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛzimo, -ezimo
- Hyphenation: vi‧gè‧si‧mo, vi‧gé‧si‧mo
Adjective
vigesimo (feminine vigesima, masculine plural vigesimi, feminine plural vigesime) (literary)
- (ordinal number) twentieth
- Synonym: ventesimo
- 1282, Restoro d'Arezzo, La composizione del mondo colle sue cascioni, Accademia della Crusca, published 1976, page 29:
- Capitolo vigesimo. De la disposizione de la terra e de quelle cose ch'adevengono e·lla terra e d'atorno a la terra.
- Twentieth chapter. About the disposition of the earth and of the things occurring on the earth and around the earth.
References
- vigesimo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
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