tiotal

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

tiotal m (genitive singular tiotal, plural tiotalen)

1. title (of a book etc)

Derived terms

• fo-thiotal - subtitle

Swedish

Alternative forms

• 10-tal

Etymology

tio +‎ tal

Noun

tiotal n

2. around ten, some ten

   Ett tiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus

   Some ten people had to be taken to hospital

3. tens

   Om summan av entalen är större än tio läggs en minnessiffra till tiotalen

   If the sum of the ones is greater than ten, a carry is added to the tens

4. (usually in the definite "tiotalet") the oneties, the 10s or 10's, the second decade of a century (especially the 1910s or 2010s)

Usage notes

The -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).

Declension

Declension of tiotal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tiotal	tiotalet	tiotal	tiotalen
Genitive	tiotals	tiotalets	tiotals	tiotalens

Related terms

• tiotals (“tens of”)

See also

• hundratal
• nollnolltal
• tjugotal

Further reading

• tiotal in Svensk ordbok.