ten

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

English

English numbers (edit)
100
 ←  1  ←  9 10 11  →  20  → 
1
    Cardinal: ten
    Ordinal: tenth
    Latinate ordinal: denary
    Adverbial: ten times
    Multiplier: tenfold
    Latinate multiplier: decuple
    Group collective: tensome
    Multipart collective: decuplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: decad, decade
    Metric collective prefix: deca-
    Greek collective prefix: deca-
    Latinate collective prefix: deca-
    Fractional: tenth
    Metric fractional prefix: deci-
    Elemental: decuplet
    Greek prefix: decato-
    Number of musicians: decet
    Number of years: decade, decennium
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Etymology

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From Middle English ten, tene, from Old English tīen, 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 (daθa), Latin decem, Tocharian A śäk.

See also teen.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

ten

  1. The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.

Translations

See ten/translations § Numeral.

Noun

ten (countable and uncountable, plural tens)

  1. Describing a set or group with ten elements.
  2. (countable, card games) A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
  3. (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?
  4. (countable, US, slang) A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
  5. (countable, US, slang) A high level of intensity

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Terms derived from the numeral or noun ten

Translations

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See also


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

Anagrams

Cornish

Noun

ten

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

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ten m (demonstrative nominative singular masculine animate)

  1. the; this; that

Declension

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 terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

A contraction of te + den.

Pronunciation

Contraction

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 notes

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 terms

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

ten

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

Japanese

Romanization

  • Romanization of 天

ten

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

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese ter.

Verb

ten

  1. to have
  2. to possess

Lithuanian

Adverb

ten

  1. there

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Determiner

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

  1. this

Declension

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 Dutch

Contraction

ten

  1. Contraction of te den.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tīen, in turn from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Numeral

cardinal number
10 Previous: nyne
Next: elleven

ten

  1. ten
Descendants
  • English: ten
  • Scots: ten

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tennr, nominative indefinite plural of tǫnn (“tooth”).

Noun

ten

  1. plural of tothe

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Numeral

tēn

  1. (Mercian) ten

References

  1. A. L. Mayhew, M. A. Synopsis of Old English Phonology, 123

Pipil

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Nahuan *teːn-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïni. Compare Classical Nahuatl tēntli (“lips”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

-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 terms

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Relational

-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

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tъ, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *só

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ten m

  1. (demonstrative) this (nearby)

Declension

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 — — — — —

Note: In the accusative singular, the form tego is used for masculine personal and animate nouns, while ten is used for masculine inanimate nouns.

Further reading

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English ten, from Old English tīen, in turn from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

Numeral

cardinal number
10 Previous: nine
Next: eleiven

ten

  1. ten

References

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ten m

  1. (demonstrative) this (nearby)

Further reading

  • “ten”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

Verb

ten

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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English time.

Noun

ten

  1. time

Swedish

Noun

ten c

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

Declension

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

See also

Tiang

Noun

ten

  1. woman

Further reading

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English ten.

Numeral

ten

  1. ten

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also tenpela.

Turkish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian تن (tan).

Noun

ten (definite accusative teni, plural tenler)

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

Declension

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

References

  • “ten”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

Westrobothnian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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