ten

Betekenis (Engels)

Num

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

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A set or group with ten elements.
2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.
3. (countable) A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
4. (countable) A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units.
5. (US, countable, slang) A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
6. (US, countable, slang) A high level of intensity.
7. (countable) The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.

Concepten

tien

10

tientje

tiental

Synoniemen

10

ten-spot

tenth

10th

decade

tenner

finger

fingers

five

hand

✋

little finger

number ten

arm

pick up

tenfold

wristbands

X

Group of Ten

x

❌

back of hand

picking

collect

decimal

decuple

elbow

Vertalingen

dix

10

diez

10

zehn

10

dieci

10

decem

10

dez

10

δέκα

deu

10

on

10

decena

عشرة

10

dètz

deh

10

Zehn

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/tɛn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: ten

Overgenomen van Oudengels: tīen

Verwant aan Schots: ten

Verwant aan Fries: tsien

Verwant aan Saterfries: tjoon

Verwant aan Noord-Fries: tiin

In summary

PIE word
*déḱm̥
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.

Zinnen

I need ten dollars .

Ik heb tien dollar nodig.

Ten pins were set in order .

I have lived in Finland for almost ten years .

Ik heb bijna tien jaar in Finland gewoond.

They fortified the city with a wall with ten gates .

Ze versterkten de stad met een muur met tien poorten.

Ten years ago , it would have subjected the Tory Peers of England .

Tien jaar geleden zou het de Tory -collega's van Engeland hebben onderworpen.