denary
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English denarie, from the Latin dēnārius, used elliptically for dēnārius nummus (“denary coin, coin containing ten asses”). Piecewise doublet of etymology 2 below. Doublet of dinar, denar, and denier.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈneəɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈnɛɹi/
Noun edit
denary (plural denaries)
- An ancient coin, the denarius.
- 1549, Erasmus, “(please specify the book of the Bible, or other title)”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall; et al.], transl., The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche:
- An hundreth denaries.
Etymology 2 edit
First attested in 1577; from the Latin dēnārius (“containing ten”), from dēnī (“ten each, ten at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
denary (not comparable)
- Containing ten parts.
- Synonym: tenfold
- Based on the number ten (as ternary is based on number 3)
- Synonym: decimal
Translations edit
containing ten parts
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based on number ten
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See also edit
- primary (1)
- secondary (2)
- tertiary (3)
- unary (1)
- binary (2)
- ternary (3)
- quaternary (4)
- quinary (5)
- senary (6)
- septenary (7)
- octonary (8)
- nonary (9)
- denary (10)
- undenary (11)
- duodenary (12)
- quindenary (15)
- vigenary (20)