ten
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ten
- (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony code for 10, used only with o'clock to indicate direction
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| 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 | ||||
Etymology
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”). See also teen.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: tĕn IPA(key): /tɛn/, [tʰɛn]
- IPA(key): /tɪn/ (pin–pen merger)
Audio (US, Inland Northern American): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛn, (pin–pen merger) -ɪn
- Homophone: tin (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
Translations
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.
- Synonym: tenner
- Can you give me two tens for this twenty?
- (countable, US, slang) A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- Synonym: dime piece
- 2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, quoting Chris, 22:22 from the start, in Penn Radio:
- I was in the Woodley Park–Zoo in D.C. and mom and sister were waiting to see the pandas, so me and my pops broke away to check out the monkey house. Well, there was a beautiful teacher, I mean we're talking a ten, she was blond, had a low-cut dress on, just gorgeous. And she has about eight or nine students and she's pointing out all the different monkeys. And me and my dad noticed this huge orangutan kind of fiddling with himself. And on close [censored] And we kept checking it out and he was looking directly at the teacher. Well, a couple minutes passed by [censored] he proceeds to [censored] that's when the teacher noticed and, you know, took the kids away very hurriedly. But I looked at my dad and said, you know, they're so much like us.
- 2023 September 11, Danielle Cohen, “Why Am I Attracted to My Coworker? Meet ‘The Office Ten’”, in New York Magazine:
- An Office Ten is a person who falls somewhere between average to mildly good-looking in the world at large but skyrockets to wildly attractive within the confines of an open-concept desk plan.
- (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 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.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Terms derived from the numeral or noun ten
- a hundred and ten percent
- at ten and two
- Bayard of ten toes
- card of ten
- count to ten
- feel ten feet tall
- five-and-ten
- five and ten
- five will get you ten
- four score and ten
- grade ten
- hang ten
- high ten
- nine times out of ten
- not touch something with a ten-foot pole
- not touch with a ten-foot pole
- number ten
- starter for ten
- take ten
- ten a penny
- ten bagger
- ten-bagger
- ten-ball
- ten-cent store
- ten-cent tour
- ten-cent word
- ten-code
- Ten Commandments
- ten-dollar word
- ten-eighty
- ten foot
- ten-footer
- ten foot pole
- ten-for
- ten for the big guy
- ten-four
- ten-gallon hat
- ten-hut
- ten-in-one
- ten-lined June beetle
- Ten Mile Bank
- ten million
- tenner
- ten o'clock
- ten-penny nail
- ten penny nail
- ten-percenter
- ten piece
- ten-pin/ten-pin bowling
- ten points to Gryffindor
- ten-pounder
- tenpounder
- ten pound pom
- ten pound Pom
- ten-pound tourist
- ten pound tourist
- ten sack
- tens across the board
- ten-second car
- ten-second rule
- ten-shun
- ten-speed
- ten-spot
- ten-strike
- ten-strip
- ten thousand
- ten-thousandth
- ten toes down
- ten to one
- ten to the dozen
- ten ways from Sunday
- ten will get you twenty
- ten-year series
- three score and ten
- top ten
- two upon ten
- upper ten
- upper ten thousand
Related terms
Translations
set or group with ten elements
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playing card with a value of ten
denomination of currency with a value of ten
rowing: act of rowing ten strokes flat out
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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
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Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Numeral
ten (Bengali script তেন)
Synonyms
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.
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Etymology
Numeral
ten
Pronunciation
Verb
ten
Usage notes
Generally, the imperative form ten is a contextual form of té used when clitic pronouns (e.g., te) are attached to the end of the verb.
Noun
ten
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech ten, from Proto-Slavic *tъ.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ten
Declension
| singular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | ten | ta | to | |
| genitive | toho | té | toho | |
| dative | tomu | té | tomu | |
| accusative | toho | ten | tu | to |
| locative | tom | té | tom | |
| instrumental | tím | tou | tím | |
| plural | ||||
| masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | ti | ty | ta | |
| genitive | těch | |||
| dative | těm | |||
| accusative | ty | ta | ||
| locative | těch | |||
| instrumental | těmi | |||
Declension of ten (irregular)
Derived terms
Further reading
Etymology
Noun
ten
- a spindle; a rod or stick used together with a distaff to spin yarn
- in a spinning wheel or similar machine: the reel on which the finished yarn is spooled
Declension
Declension of ten
Derived terms
- håndten (“manual spindle”)
Further reading
- “ten” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology
Pronunciation
Contraction
ten
- 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
- dientengevolge
- heden ten dage
- Sint Jan ten Heere
- ten aanzien van
- ten algemenen nutte
- ten behoeve van
- ten dode opgeschreven
- ten eerste
- ten gehore brengen
- ten gevolge van
- ten gunste van
- ten minste, tenminste
- ten naaste bij
- ten onrechte
- ten opzichte van
- ten slotte, tenslotte
- ten spijt
- ten tijde van
- ten zeerste
- tentoonstellen
Related terms
Anagrams
Alternative forms
- tem (Reintegrationist)
Pronunciation
Verb
ten
- has; third-person singular present indicative of ter
- A cervexa ten en Galicia unha longa historia.
- Beer has a long history in Galicia.
- inflection of ter:
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ten”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Romanization
- Romanization of 天
ten
Etymology
From Portuguese ter.
Verb
ten
Etymology
From Ultimately from Middle Chinese 等 (MC tojX|tongX, “to equate”).
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (teŋ, “equal, equivalent, appropriate”); Crimean Tatar teñ, Karachay-Balkar тенг (teñ), Kumyk тенг (teñ), Urum тэнг (teŋ), Kazakh тең (teñ, “equal”), Southern Altai теҥ (teŋ, “equal”) Uzbek teng (“equal”), Turkish denk (“equal, equivalent”), Shor тең, Yakut тэҥ (teñ, “equal”).
Adjective
ten
References
- N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ten”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъ.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ten
- this (nearby)
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “ten”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 213
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ten”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “ten”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Adverb
ten
Pronunciation
Determiner
ten (feminine ta, neuter to, dual tej, plural te)
Declension
| 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 |
Declension of ten
Contraction
ten
| 100 | ||||
| [a], [b] ← 1 | ← 9 | 10 | 11 → | 20 → |
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| 1[a], [b] | ||||
| Cardinal: ten Ordinal: tenthe, tithe | ||||
Etymology 1
From Old English tīen.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Numeral
ten
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “ten, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
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 forms
Verb
ten (third-person singular simple present teth, present participle teende, teynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative tegh, past participle towen)
- (transitive) To draw; lead.
- (intransitive) To draw away; go; proceed.
Conjugation
| 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 | |
Conjugation of ten (strong class 2)
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Old Norse tennr, nominative indefinite plural of tǫnn (“tooth”).
Noun
ten
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ten m or f
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “ten”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 604
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъ.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ten
- this (nearby)
Declension
| singular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ten | ta | to | |
| genitive | toho | té | toho | |
| dative | tomu | tej, téj | tomu | |
| accusative | toho, ten | tu | to | |
| locative | tom | tej, téj | tom | |
| instrumental | tiem | tú | tiem | |
| dual | ||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ta | tě | ||
| genitive | tú | |||
| dative | těma | |||
| accusative | ta | tě | ||
| locative | tú | |||
| instrumental | těma | |||
| plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ti | ty | ta | |
| genitive | těch | |||
| dative | těm | |||
| accusative | ty | ta | ||
| locative | těch | |||
| instrumental | těmi | |||
Declension of ten (irregular)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Czech: ten
See also
References
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “ten”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Alternative forms
Etymology
See tien
Pronunciation
Numeral
tēn
References
- A. L. Mayhew, M. A. Synopsis of Old English Phonology, 123
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъ. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ten
- this (nearby)
Declension
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ten”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN