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tenfold
English
Etymology
From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English t?enfeald. Equivalent to ten +? -fold.
Adjective
tenfold (not comparable)
- containing ten parts
- ten times as much
Synonyms
- (containing ten parts): denary
- (ten times as much): decuple
Translations
Adverb
tenfold (not comparable)
- by ten times as much
Translations
Verb
tenfold (third-person singular simple present tenfolds, present participle tenfolding, simple past and past participle tenfolded)
- to increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten
Translations
Anagrams
- fold net
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ten
English
Etymology
From Middle English ten, tene, from Old English t?en, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *dé?m?.
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 ???? (tasn), Lithuanian dešimt, Old Church Slavonic ?????? (des?t?), Old Breton dec, Old Irish deich, Ancient Greek ???? (déka), Sanskrit ?? (dásá), Old Persian *???????? (*d-? /da?a/), Latin decem, Tocharian A ?äk.
See also teen.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: t?n IPA(key): /t?n/, [t??n]
- IPA(key): /t?n/ (pin–pen merger)
- Rhymes: -?n, Rhymes: -?n (pin–pen merger)
- Homophone: tin (with pin-pen merger)
Numeral
ten
- The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.
Related terms
- tenth
Translations
See ten/translations § Numeral.
Noun
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 1? 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)
Synonyms
- Roman numerals: X
- (currency): tenner
Coordinate terms
- Previous: nine (9)
- Next: eleven (11)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- (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
Anagrams
- -ent, .NET, ENT, NET, Net, ent, ent-, net
Atong (India)
Etymology
From English ten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ten/
Numeral
ten (Bengali script ???)
- ten
Synonyms
- chyigyk
- dys / das
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.
Bislama
Etymology
From English ten.
Numeral
ten
- ten
Cornish
Noun
ten
- Hard mutation of den.
- Mixed mutation of den.
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *t?, from Proto-Indo-European *só
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?n]
Pronoun
ten m (demonstrative nominative singular masculine animate)
- the; this; that
Declension
Derived terms
- tamten
- tenhle
- tentam
- tento
- tentýž
- kdo d?ív p?ijde, ten d?ív mele
Further reading
- ten in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- ten in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
A contraction of te + den.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?n/
Contraction
ten
- to the, at the (followed by a masculine or neuter word)
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
- ten opzichte van
Related terms
- ter
Anagrams
- ent, net
Galician
Verb
ten
- third-person singular present indicative of ter
- second-person singular imperative of ter
Japanese
Romanization
- Romanization of ?
ten
- R?maji transcription of ??
- R?maji transcription of ??
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese ter.
Verb
ten
- to have
- to possess
Lithuanian
Adverb
ten
- there
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t?n]
Determiner
ten (feminine ta, neuter to, dual tej, plural te)
- this
Declension
Middle Dutch
Contraction
ten
- Contraction of te den.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English t?en
Alternative forms
- tene, tenne, tien
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /te?n/
- IPA(key): /t?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
Numeral
ten
- ten
Related terms
- -tene
- -ty
Descendants
- English: ten
- Scots: ten
- Yola: dhen
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tennr, nominative indefinite plural of t?nn (“tooth”).
Noun
ten
- plural of tothe
Old English
Alternative forms
- t?ne, t?n, t?en
Etymology
See tien
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?n/
Numeral
t?n
- (Mercian) ten
References
- A. L. Mayhew, M. A. Synopsis of Old English Phonology, 123
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *te?n-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïni. Compare Classical Nahuatl t?ntli (“lips”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /te??/
- (Izalco) IPA(key): /te?/
Noun
-t?n (plural -tejt?n)
- mouth
- edge, brim
- opening
Derived terms
Relational
-t?n
- on the edge, outside
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *t?, from Proto-Indo-European *só
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?n/
Pronoun
ten m
- this (nearby)
Declension
Note: In the accusative singular, the form tego is used for masculine personal and animate nouns, while ten is used for masculine inanimate nouns. The feminine accusative form t? is only acceptable in colloquial speech, not in formal writing.
Further reading
- ten in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French teint.
Noun
ten n (plural tenuri)
- color of the face
Declension
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English ten
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?n/
Numeral
ten
- ten
References
- Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *t?, from Proto-Indo-European *só
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?n/
Pronoun
ten m
- (demonstrative) this (nearby)
Related terms
- to
Further reading
- ten in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ten/, [?t??n]
- Rhymes: -en
Verb
ten
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of tener.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English time.
Noun
ten
- time
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ten, from Old Norse teinn (“sprout, twig, branch”).
Noun
ten c
- a rod, a stick (of metal or wood)
Declension
See also
- tenn
Tiang
Noun
ten
- 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
- ten
Usage notes
Used when counting; see also tenpela.
Turkish
Etymology
From Persian ??? (tan).
Noun
ten (definite accusative teni, plural tenler)
- skin
- body
- (dialectal) vulva of a cow
Declension
References
- “ten”, in Türkiye'de halk a?z?ndan derleme sözlü?ü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse tin, from Proto-Germanic *tin?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???n/, /t????/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
ten n
- tin (chemical element)
- jo? bå?i te???
- made out of tin
- jo? bå?i te???
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