ten
EnglishEdit
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Cardinal: ten Ordinal: tenth, decato- Latinate ordinal: denary Adverbial: ten times Multiplier: decuple, tenfold Collective: decad, decade, tensome Fractional: tenth Number of musicians: decet |
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English ten, tene, from Old English tīen, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.
Cognate with Scots ten, tene (“ten”), West Frisian tsien (“ten”), Saterland Frisian tjoon (“ten”), North Frisian tiin (“ten”), Dutch tien (“ten”), German zehn (“ten”), Norwegian ti (“ten”), Swedish tio (“ten”).
Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dhjetë, Old Armenian տասն (tasn), Lithuanian dešimt, Old Church Slavonic десѧть (desętĭ), Old Breton dec, Old Irish deich, Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Sanskrit दश (dásá), Old Persian *𐎭𐎰 (*d-θ /daθa/), Latin decem, Tocharian A śäk.
See also teen.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: tĕn IPA(key): /tɛn/, [tʰɛn]
- IPA(key): /tɪn/ (pin–pen merger)
Audio (US-Inland North) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛn, Rhymes: -ɪn (pin–pen merger)
- Homophone: tin (with pin-pen merger)
NumeralEdit
ten
- The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
NounEdit
ten (countable and uncountable, plural tens)
- A set or group with ten elements.
- We divided the chocolates into tens to hand out to Hallowe'en visitors.
- (in the plural) An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.
- Our houses are tens of meters apart, so we don't have to worry about noise from our neighbours.
- tens of thousands of voters
- (countable, card games) A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
- (countable) A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units. See also tenner.
- Can you give me two tens for this twenty?
- (countable, US, slang) A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- (countable, US, slang) A high level of intensity. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (countable, rowing) The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.
- 1911, The Cambridge Review (volume 32, page 486)
- At the 1,000-metres post we gave a ten, which raised our lead to 1⅔ lengths; the Belgians were rowing hard, but one felt that they still had plenty of spurting power.
- 1982, Stanley French, Aspects of Downing history (page 105)
- Morris gave a ten, and an unbelievable surge ran through the boat, one that I had never felt before.
- 1911, The Cambridge Review (volume 32, page 486)
SynonymsEdit
- Roman numerals: X
- (currency): tenner
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
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See alsoEdit
- (prefix): deca-, deka-
- (adjective): decadal, decenary
- (a set of 10 items): decimate, decimal; decaplet, decuplet (of babies, musical notes, or baryons)
- (containing 10 items): decenary
- (related to base-10 numeration): See decimal
- (period of 10 months): decimestrial
- (period of 10 years): See decade and decennium
- (related to a 10-year period): See decadal and decennial
- (10-year anniversary): See decennial
- (rule by 10 people): See decemvirate
- (commander of 10 soldiers): See decener
- (chief of 10 men in early English law): See tithingman
- (payment or collection of a 10% tax): See tithe
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ace | deuce, two | three | four | five | six | seven |
eight | nine | ten | jack, knave | queen | king | joker |
AnagramsEdit
Atong (India)Edit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
ten (Bengali script তেন)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.
BislamaEdit
< 9 | 10 | 11 > |
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Cardinal : ten | ||
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
ten
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ten
- second-person singular imperative form of tenir
Usage notesEdit
Generally, the imperative form ten is a contextual form of té used when clitic pronouns (e.g., te) are attached to the end of the verb.
CornishEdit
NounEdit
ten
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Indo-European *só
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ten m (demonstrative nominative singular masculine animate)
DeclensionEdit
singular | ||||
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masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ten | ten | ta | to |
genitive | toho | toho | té | toho |
dative | tomu | tomu | té | tomu |
accusative | toho | ten | tu | to |
locative | tom | tom | té | tom |
instrumental | tím | tím | tou | tím |
plural | ||||
masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ti | ty | ty | ta |
genitive | těch | těch | těch | těch |
dative | těm | těm | těm | těm |
accusative | ty | ty | ty | ta |
locative | těch | těch | těch | těch |
instrumental | těmi | těmi | těmi | těmi |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- ten in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- ten in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
ContractionEdit
ten
- to the, at the (followed by a masculine or neuter word)
- ten goede of ten kwade ― for better or for worse
- ten dele ― partly
- ten tijde van ― during the time of
Usage notesEdit
- ten is part of many fossilized idiomatic expressions. Being derived in part from te, it is followed by the (similarly fossilized) dative case.
- ten is commonly used in Dutch family names such as Corrie ten Boom, Bernhard ten Brink, Marti ten Kate, and Simeon ten Holt.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ten
ReferencesEdit
- “ten” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
- Romanization of 天
ten
KabuverdianuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese ter.
VerbEdit
ten
LithuanianEdit
AdverbEdit
ten
Lower SorbianEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
ten (feminine ta, neuter to, dual tej, plural te)
DeclensionEdit
Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Neuter singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | ten | ta | to | tej | te |
Genitive | togo | teje | togo | teju | tych |
Dative | tomu | tej | tomu | tyma | tym |
Accusative | ten togo (animate) |
tu | to | tej teju (animate) |
te tych (optional animate form) |
Instrumental | tym | teju | tym | tyma | tymi |
Locative | tom | tej | tom | tyma | tych |
Middle DutchEdit
ContractionEdit
ten
Middle EnglishEdit
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Cardinal: ten Ordinal: tenthe, tithe |
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English tīen.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
ten
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old English tēon, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan (“to pull, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną (“to draw, lead, bring, pull, help”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”).
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
ten (third-person singular simple present teth, present participle teende, teynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative tegh, past participle towen)
- (transitive) To draw; lead.
- (intransitive) To draw away; go; proceed.
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | (to) ten, te | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | te | tegh | |
2nd-person singular | test | towe, tegh | |
3rd-person singular | teth | tegh | |
subjunctive singular | te | towe1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | ten, te | towen, towe | |
imperative plural | teth, te | — | |
participles | teynge, tende | towen, towe |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Old Norse tennr, nominative indefinite plural of tǫnn (“tooth”).
NounEdit
ten
Old EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
See tien
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
tēn
ReferencesEdit
- A. L. Mayhew, M. A. Synopsis of Old English Phonology, 123
PipilEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Nahuan *teːn-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïni. Compare Classical Nahuatl tēntli (“lips”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
-tēn (plural -tejtēn)
- mouth
- Muchi tikishtukak tik muten kwak tishulutzin katka
- You used to put everything in your mouth when you were a little baby
- edge, brim
- Shiktema ishta ma ne at ajsi ne iten ne tzutzukul
- Fill it up until the water reaches the edge of the jug
- opening
- Inat ka ini tepet kishtia pukti tik iten
- They say this volcano expels smoke form its “opening” (its crater)
Derived termsEdit
- -tēnpan (“edge”)
- -tēnshīpal (“lip”)
- -tēntzun (“moustache” or “beard”)
- tēnkal (“door”, “doorway”)
- tēntzin (“window”)
- tēntzakka (“lid” or “door”)
- -tēnnāmiki (“to kiss”)
- tēnpēlua (“to open one's mouth”)
NounEdit
-tēn
- on the edge, outside
- Tejchishket ka iten ne shaput
- They waited outside the cave
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old Polish ten, from Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas, from Proto-Indo-European *só.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ten m
- this (nearby)
DeclensionEdit
Usage notesEdit
The feminine accusative singular form tą is only acceptable in colloquial speech, not in formal writing.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- ten in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ten in Polish dictionaries at PWN
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
ten n (plural tenuri)
DeclensionEdit
ScotsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English ten
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
10 | Previous: | nine |
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Next: | eleiven |
ten
ReferencesEdit
- Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Indo-European *só
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ten m
- (demonstrative) this (nearby)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- ten in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ten
Sranan TongoEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
ten
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
ten
- Romanization of 𒋼 (ten)
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish ten, from Old Norse teinn (“sprout, twig, branch”).
NounEdit
ten c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ten | ||||
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Nominative | ten | tenen | tenar | tenarna |
Genitive | tens | tenens | tenars | tenarnas |
See alsoEdit
TiangEdit
NounEdit
ten
Further readingEdit
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
ten
Usage notesEdit
Used when counting; see also tenpela.
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
ten (definite accusative teni, plural tenler)
DeclensionEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- “ten”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
WestrobothnianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ten n
- tin (chemical element)
- joʈ båʈi teɳęɳ
- made out of tin
- joʈ båʈi teɳęɳ