ten

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

dix

10

diez

10

zehn

10

tien

10

dieci

10

decem

10

dez

10

δέκα

deu

10

on

10

decena

عشرة

10

deh

10

dètz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɛn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ten

Inherited from Old English: tīen

Cognate with Scots: ten

Cognate with Western Frisian: tsien

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: tjoon

Cognate with Northern Frisian: 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.

Sentences

I need ten dollars .

Ten pins were set in order .

I have lived in Finland for almost ten years .

They fortified the city with a wall with ten gates .

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