katre-vin-dis

Louisiana Creole

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    Cardinal : katre-vin-dis

Etymology

Inherited from French quatre-vingt-dix (“ninety”, literally “four-twenty-ten”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /katɾə.vɛ̃ˈdis/
  • Rhymes: -is

Numeral

katre-vin-dis

  1. ninety

Usage notes

  • Follows the same pattern as its component word dis. Specifically, katre-vin-di precedes consonant-initial words, katre-vin-diz precedes vowel-initial words, and katre-vin-dis is used independently. Compare French etymon quatre-vingt-dix.
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