katre-vin-dis
Louisiana Creole edit
| < 89 | 90 | 91 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : katre-vin-dis | ||
Etymology edit
Inherited from French quatre-vingt-dix (“ninety”, literally “four-twenty-ten”).
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
katre-vin-dis
Usage notes edit
- 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.