Swirlyman

Hi,

How to say ordinals higher than 1 millionth?
Is the definite article (un) needed?
un milionesimo
or just
milionesimo

If there are smaller values in the number:
1) Do you say the millions part like a cardinal (like in English)?
eg. un milione e primo
or should it be: (un) milionesimo e primo

2) Should the conjunction "e" be said in ordinals, as in cardinals?
eg. un milione e primo / (un) milionesimo e primo
vs.
un milione primo / (un) milionesimo primo

Grazie,
Swirlyman

kayenna

Hi Swirlyman.
what I've found about it is that the correct form is:
"un milioneeunesimo", like if you say "milleeunesimo" for 1001°, or "quarantunesimo" for 41° and so on....
I've never heard in italian small ordinal numbers after the milion, but even if very seldom, you can hear milleeunesimo, milleduesimo, milletreesimo... millenovesimo.
when you make the ordinal of a number that ends with one (1), you must prononciate it " -unesimo".

hope being useful, greeting from Italy,

Anna.