dix
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French
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| Cardinal: dix Ordinal: dixième Ordinal abbreviation: 10e, (now nonstandard) 10ème Multiplier: décuple | ||||
| French Wikipedia article on 10 | ||||
Etymology
Inherited from Old French dis, from Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. For the pronunciation compare six.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis/ (independent)
- IPA(key): /di.z‿/ (before modified word in a vowel or mute h)
- IPA(key): /di/ (before modified word in a consonant or aspirate h)
- Rhymes: -is
Numeral
dix (invariable)
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
| Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text) | ||||||
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| huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |
Further reading
- chapter DIX, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Norman
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French dis, from Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.
Numeral
dix