-ième

See also: ieme and Ieme

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French -iesme, from Old French -esme, from Latin -ēsimus, via Vulgar Latin *-ĕsimus with irregular short *-e-, with analogy with ordinal numbers of tens like vīcēsimus or trīcēsimus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛm/
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Suffix

-ième (plural -ièmes)

  1. -st, -nd, and -th; forms ordinal numbers
    quatrième ― fourth

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