Dix   Ten  

dizenier ('chief of a body of ten'): doyen (senior member of a body), dean (doyen)
décimal (based on ten): decimal
dîme (one tenth): dime (one tenth of a dollar, dix-sous)
décimètre (one tenth of a meter): decimeter
décennie (ten years): decennial (décennal), decennary (décennal)
décade ('ten days'): decade (ten years)
décimer ('to kill every tenth man'): to decimate, decimation (décimation)
décembre (tenth month of the Roman year): December

  In the metric system, the prefix deci- is used to indicate one tenth and the prefix deca- (Greek: ten) to indicate ten times.

Es diez (1), diciembre (December)
It dieci (1), dicembre (December)


Cent: Hundred
Dix: Ten
Un: One
Premier: First
Deux: Two
Trois: Three
Quatre: Four
Cinq: Five
Six: Six
Sept: Seven
Huit: Eight
Neuf: Nine
Mille: Thousand


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