-sprezece

Română

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-sprezece

Where it comes from

Univerbation of spre + zece, literally “to ten”. The formation is otherwise unknown to the Romance languages, and was influenced by neighbouring languages, such as Albanian -mbëdhjetë and Old Church Slavonic на десѧте (na desęte).

suffix -sprece · -șpe

morpheme -teen (+10) un (“one”) + -sprezece → unsprezece (“eleven”)

In English

-teen to form numbers 13 - 19

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MLA

"-sprezece." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/-sprezece. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

-sprezece. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-sprezece

Chicago

"-sprezece." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-sprezece.

BibTeX

@misc{sprezece_2026,
  title = {-sprezece},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-sprezece},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}