desè

See also: dese, dése, and dèse

Catalan

Catalan numbers ^(edit)

		100[a], [b], [c]
←  1	[a], [b] ←  9	10	11  → [a], [b]	20  → [a], [b]
		1
Cardinal: deu     Ordinal (Central): desè     Ordinal (Valencian): desé     Ordinal (Latinate): dècim     Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 10è     Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 10é     Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 10m     Multiplier: dècuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on 10

Alternative forms

• desé (Valencia)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin decēnus, from Latin decem; compare Occitan desen, Spanish deceno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dəˈzɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəˈzə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [deˈze]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛ

Adjective

desè (feminine desena, masculine plural desens, feminine plural desenes)

1. (ordinal number) tenth

   Synonym: dècim

Related terms

• deu

Noun

desè m (plural desens)

1. (fractional number) tenth

Further reading

• “desè” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “desè”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “desè”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007