diece

diece

Italian

Etymology

From Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjɛ.t͡ʃe/, /ˈdje.t͡ʃe/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛtʃe, -etʃe
• Hyphenation: diè‧ce, dié‧ce

Numeral

diece (invariable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of dieci
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXV, p. 367, vv. 31-33:

     [...] onde cessar le sue opere biece ¶ sotto la mazza d'Ercule, che forse ¶ gliene diè cento, e non sentì le diece.

     [...] whereat his tortuous actions ceased beneath ¶ the mace of Hercules, who peradventure ¶ gave him a hundred, and he felt not ten.

Noun

diece m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of dieci

References

1. dieci in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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