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-ième

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See also: ieme and Ieme

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French -iesme, from Old French -esme, from Latin -ēsimus, via Vulgar Latin *-ĕsimus with irregular short *-e-, with analogy with ordinal numbers of tens like vīcēsimus or trīcēsimus.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ième (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ièmes)

  1. -st, -nd, and -th; forms ordinal numbers
    quatrièmefourth

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Derived terms

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