diece

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjɛ.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -ɛtʃe
• Hyphenation: diè‧ce

Numeral

diece (invariable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of dieci
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXV, p. 367, vv. 31-33:

     [...] onde cessar le sue opere biece ¶ sotto la mazza d'Ercule, che forse ¶ gliene diè cento, e non sentì le diece.

     [...] whereat his tortuous actions ceased beneath ¶ the mace of Hercules, who peradventure ¶ gave him a hundred, and he felt not ten.

Noun

diece m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of dieci

References

• dieci in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• cedei

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin decem.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈɾjeːt͡ʃə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈdiːt͡ʃ]

Numeral

diece

1. ten

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 288: “nove; dieci” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it