onceno

Asturian

Adjective

onceno

1. neuter singular of oncenu

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish onzeno. By surface analysis, once +‎ -eno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onˈθeno/ [õn̟ˈθe.no] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /onˈseno/ [õnˈse.no] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: on‧ce‧no

Adjective

onceno (feminine oncena, masculine plural oncenos, feminine plural oncenas)

1. (ordinal number, Argentina, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela) synonym of undécimo (“eleventh”)
2. (fractional number, obsolete) synonym of onceavo (“eleventh”)

Noun

onceno m (plural oncenos)

1. (soccer, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Paraguay, Nicaragua) synonym of oncena (“team of eleven players”)
2. (fractional number, obsolete) synonym of onceavo (“eleventh”)

References

• “onceno”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “onceno”, 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