tenth
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[edit] English
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| Ordinal : tenth Cardinal : ten |
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English. Old English had tēoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal and re-insert the nasal consonant.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
tenth
[edit] Abbreviation
10th, 10th; (in names of monarchs and popes) X
[edit] Translations
ordinal form of ten
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[edit] Noun
tenth (plural tenths)
- The person or thing in the tenth position.
- One of ten equal parts of a whole.
[edit] Translations
something in the tenth position
one of ten equal parts of a whole
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