ten

A1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /tɛn/ UK /tɛn/ See IPA manual

Freq #609

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1

num
The number 10, which comes after nine and before eleven.

There are ten students in the classroom.
2

noun
A banknote worth ten units of money.

Can you give me two tens for this twenty?

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2 noun · a banknote worth ten units... tenner

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Forms tens

Related forms deca-decadaldecenarydecenerdecennial decimaldeka-tenfold tenth tithe

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.

ten Middle English tīen Old English *tehun Proto-Germanic *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European

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# ten

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** num, noun
**IPA (US):** /tɛn/
**IPA (UK):** /tɛn/
**Frequency rank:** 609

## Meanings
1. The number 10, which comes after nine and before eleven.
2. A banknote worth ten units of money.

## Examples
- There are ten students in the classroom.
- Can you give me two tens for this twenty?

## Related Forms
- deca-
- decadal
- decenary
- decener
- decennial
- decimal
- deka-
- tenfold
- tenth
- tithe

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ten
- Root: tīen
- Root: *tehun
- Root: *déḱm̥

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Ten 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. In present-day use, it can mean the number 10, which comes after nine and before eleven, or a banknote worth ten units of money.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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