decimo

tenth

numeral DEH-chee-moh Rare

Origin: From Latin decimus, 'tenth'.

Usage Note

Decimo is both an ordinal number (il decimo piano — 'the tenth floor') and, as a noun, one-tenth (un decimo della popolazione — 'a tenth of the population'). In Italian, ordinal numbers agree in gender and number with the noun: la decima volta ('the tenth time'). Abbreviated in writing as 10°/10ª.

Examples

"Abita al decimo piano."

Natural Translation

He lives on the tenth floor.

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