enésimo
Portuguese
Etymology
From ene (“en”) + -ésimo (“-th”).
Pronunciation
- (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)
- (ordinal number) nth
- Synonym: n-ésimo
- (informal, ordinal number) umpteenth (of an unspecified large number)
Noun
enésimo m (plural enésimos)
- (fractional number) nth
- Synonym: n-ésimo
Further reading
- “enésimo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “enésimo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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)
- (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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024