-ésimo
Spanish, suffix/ˈesimo/
-ésimo is spelled É-S-I-M-O (5 letters). -ésimo is a Spanish suffix meaning “Forms ordinal or fractional numbers from cardinal numbers; -th” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forma adjetivos y sustantivos fraccionarios o partitivos, indicando cada parte en que está dividido algo”.
What does -ésimo mean in English?
suffix
- 1
Forms ordinal or fractional numbers from cardinal numbers; -th.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Forma adjetivos y sustantivos fraccionarios o partitivos, indicando cada parte en que está dividido algo. 2. Forma adjetivos y sustantivos ordinales indicando la posición dentro de una sucesión o serie.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce -ésimo?
- /ˈesimo/
- [ˈe.si.mo]
- [ˈesimo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.