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ten

See also: Ten, TEN, tén, tèn, tên, and -ten

EnglishEdit

English numbers (edit)
100
 ←  9 10 11  → 
1
    Cardinal: ten
    Ordinal: tenth, decato-
    Latinate ordinal: denary
    Multiplier: decuple, tenfold
    Collective: decad, decade, tensome
    Fractional: tenth
    Number of musicians: decet
 
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EtymologyEdit

 
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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

NumeralEdit

ten

  1. 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

See ten/translations § Numeral.

NounEdit

ten (countable and uncountable, plural tens)

  1. A set or group with ten elements.
    We divided the chocolates into tens to hand out to Hallowe'en visitors.
  2. (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
  3. (countable, card games) A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
  4. (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?
  5. (countable, US, slang) A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
  6. (countable, US, slang) A high level of intensity. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  7. (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.

SynonymsEdit

Coordinate termsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from the numeral or noun ten

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

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See alsoEdit


Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
             
ace deuce, two three four five six seven
             
eight nine ten jack, knave queen king joker, jolly joker

AnagramsEdit

Atong (India)Edit

EtymologyEdit

From English ten.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

ten (Bengali script তেন)

  1. ten

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

BislamaEdit

Bislama cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : ten

EtymologyEdit

From English ten.

NumeralEdit

ten

  1. ten

CornishEdit

NounEdit

ten

  1. Hard mutation of den.
  2. Mixed mutation of den.

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Indo-European *só

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ten m (demonstrative nominative singular masculine animate)

  1. the; this; that

DeclensionEdit

declension of ten
singular
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

A contraction of te + den.

PronunciationEdit

ContractionEdit

ten

  1. 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

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ter
  2. second-person singular imperative of ter

ReferencesEdit

  • “ten” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

  • Romanization of 天

ten

  1. Rōmaji transcription of てん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of テン

KabuverdianuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese ter.

VerbEdit

ten

  1. to have
  2. to possess

LithuanianEdit

AdverbEdit

ten

  1. there

Lower SorbianEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

ten (feminine ta, neuter to, dual tej, plural te)

  1. this

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ten
Masculine singular Feminine singular Neuter singular Dual Plural
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

  1. Contraction of te den.

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English tīen.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

Middle English numbers (edit)
100
 ←  9 10 11  → 
1
    Cardinal: ten
    Ordinal: tenthe, tithe

ten

  1. ten
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • English: ten
  • Scots: ten
  • Yola: dhen

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)

  1. (transitive) To draw; lead.
  2. (intransitive) To draw away; go; proceed.

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of ten (strong class 2)
infinitive (to) ten, te
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

  1. plural of tothe

Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

See tien

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

tēn

  1. (Mercian) ten

ReferencesEdit

  1. 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)

  1. mouth
    Muchi tikishtukak tik muten kwak tishulutzin katka
    You used to put everything in your mouth when you were a little baby
  2. edge, brim
    Shiktema ishta ma ne at ajsi ne iten ne tzutzukul
    Fill it up until the water reaches the edge of the jug
  3. opening
    Inat ka ini tepet kishtia pukti tik iten
    They say this volcano expels smoke form its “opening” (its crater)

Derived termsEdit

RelationalEdit

-tēn

  1. on the edge, outside
    Tejchishket ka iten ne shaput
    They waited outside the cave
Declension of -ten
Person Number
singular plural
first nuten tuten
second muten anmuten
third iten inten

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Indo-European *só

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ten m

  1. this (nearby)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ten
m f n vir pl nvir pl
nominative ten ta to ci te
genitive tego tej tego tych tych
dative temu tej temu tym tym
accusative tego/ten tę/tą to tych te
instrumental tym tą tym tymi tymi
locative tym tej tym tych tych
vocative — — — — —

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 Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French teint.

NounEdit

ten n (plural tenuri)

  1. color of the face

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ten
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ten tenul (niște) tenuri tenurile
genitive/dative (unui) ten tenului (unor) tenuri tenurilor
vocative tenule tenurilor

ScotsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English ten

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

cardinal number
10 Previous: nine
Next: eleiven

ten

  1. ten

ReferencesEdit

SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Indo-European *só

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ten m

  1. (demonstrative) this (nearby)

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • ten in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ten

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of tener.

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English time.

NounEdit

ten

  1. time

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Swedish ten, from Old Norse teinn (“sprout, twig, branch”).

NounEdit

ten c

  1. a rod, a stick (of metal or wood)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ten 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ten tenen tenar tenarna
Genitive tens tenens tenars tenarnas

See alsoEdit

TiangEdit

NounEdit

ten

  1. woman

Further readingEdit

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English ten.

NumeralEdit

ten

  1. ten

Usage notesEdit

Used when counting; see also tenpela.

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Persian تن‎ (tan).

NounEdit

ten (definite accusative teni, plural tenler)

  1. skin
  2. body
  3. (dialectal) vulva of a cow

DeclensionEdit

Inflection
Nominative ten
Definite accusative teni
Singular Plural
Nominative ten tenler
Definite accusative teni tenleri
Dative tene tenlere
Locative tende tenlerde
Ablative tenden tenlerden
Genitive tenin tenlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular tenim tenlerim
2nd singular tenin tenlerin
3rd singular teni tenleri
1st plural tenimiz tenlerimiz
2nd plural teniniz tenleriniz
3rd plural tenleri tenleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular tenimi tenlerimi
2nd singular tenini tenlerini
3rd singular tenini tenlerini
1st plural tenimizi tenlerimizi
2nd plural teninizi tenlerinizi
3rd plural tenlerini tenlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular tenime tenlerime
2nd singular tenine tenlerine
3rd singular tenine tenlerine
1st plural tenimize tenlerimize
2nd plural teninize tenlerinize
3rd plural tenlerine tenlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular tenimde tenlerimde
2nd singular teninde tenlerinde
3rd singular teninde tenlerinde
1st plural tenimizde tenlerimizde
2nd plural teninizde tenlerinizde
3rd plural tenlerinde tenlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular tenimden tenlerimden
2nd singular teninden tenlerinden
3rd singular teninden tenlerinden
1st plural tenimizden tenlerimizden
2nd plural teninizden tenlerinizden
3rd plural tenlerinden tenlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular tenimin tenlerimin
2nd singular teninin tenlerinin
3rd singular teninin tenlerinin
1st plural tenimizin tenlerimizin
2nd plural teninizin tenlerinizin
3rd plural tenlerinin tenlerinin

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

  1. tin (chemical element)
    joʈ båʈi teɳęɳ
    made out of tin
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