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)

  1. (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

  1. vigesimo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Adjective

vīgēsimō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vīgēsimus
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