enésimo

Portuguese

Etymology

From ene (“en”) +‎ -ésimo (“-th”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈnɛ.zi.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈnɛ.zi.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈnɛ.zi.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛˈnɛ.zi.mu/

• Hyphenation: e‧né‧si‧mo

Adjective

enésimo (feminine enésima, masculine plural enésimos, feminine plural enésimas)

1. (ordinal number) nth

   Synonym: n-ésimo

2. (informal, ordinal number) umpteenth (of an unspecified large number)

Noun

enésimo m (plural enésimos)

1. (fractional number) nth

   Synonym: n-ésimo

Further reading

• “enésimo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “enésimo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “enésimo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From ene (“en”) +‎ -ésimo (“-th”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnesimo/ [eˈne.si.mo]
• Rhymes: -esimo
• Syllabification: e‧né‧si‧mo

Adjective

enésimo (feminine enésima, masculine plural enésimos, feminine plural enésimas)

1. (informal, ordinal number) umpteenth (of an unspecified large number)

Further reading

• “enésimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025