Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ten. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ten.
Definitions and meaning of ten
ten
Etymology
From Middle Englishten, tene, from Old Englishtīen, from Proto-West Germanic*tehun, from Proto-Germanic*tehun, from Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥.
Cognate with Scotsten, tene(“ten”), West Frisiantsien(“ten”), Saterland Frisiantjoon(“ten”), North Frisiantiin(“ten”), Dutchtien(“ten”), Germanzehn(“ten”), Norwegianti(“ten”), Swedishtio(“ten”).
Non-Germanic cognates include Albaniandhjetë, Old Armenianտասն(tasn), Lithuaniandešimt, Old Church Slavonicдесѧть(desętĭ), Old Bretondec, Old Irishdeich, Ancient Greekδέκα(déka), Sanskritदश(dásá), Old Persian*𐎭𐎰(*d-θ/daθa/), Latindecem, Tocharian Aśäk.
See also teen.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: tĕn IPA(key): /tɛn/, [tʰɛn]
IPA(key): /tɪn/(pin–pen merger)
Rhymes: -ɛn, Rhymes: -ɪn(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, pluraltens)
A set or group with ten elements.
We divided the chocolates into tens to hand out to Hallowe'en visitors.
(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 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.
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):Seedecimal
(period of 10 months): decimestrial
(period of 10 years):Seedecadeanddecennium
(related to a 10-year period):Seedecadalanddecennial
(10-year anniversary):Seedecennial
(rule by 10 people):Seedecemvirate
(commander of 10 soldiers):Seedecener
(chief of 10 men in early English law):Seetithingman
ten in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
A contraction of te + den.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɛn/
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 天
ten
Rōmaji transcription of てん
Rōmaji transcription of テン
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portugueseter.
Verb
ten
to have
to possess
Lithuanian
Adverb
ten
there
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [tɛn]
Determiner
ten (feminineta, neuterto, dualtej, pluralte)
this
Declension
Middle Dutch
Contraction
ten
Contraction of te den.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishtīen
Alternative forms
tene, tenne, tien
Pronunciation
(Early ME) IPA(key): /teːn/
IPA(key): /tɛn/
Rhymes: -ɛn
Numeral
ten
ten
Related terms
-tene
-ty
Descendants
English: ten
Scots: ten
Yola: dhen
Etymology 2
From Old Norsetennr, nominative indefinite plural of tǫnn(“tooth”).
Noun
ten
plural of tothe
Old English
Alternative forms
tēne, tȳn, tīen
Etymology
See tien
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /teːn/
Numeral
tēn
(Mercian) ten
References
A. L. Mayhew, M. A. Synopsis of Old English Phonology, 123
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan*teːn-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan*tïni. Compare Classical Nahuatltēntli(“lips”).
Pronunciation
(standard) IPA(key): /teːŋ/
(Izalco) IPA(key): /teŋ/
Noun
-tēn (plural-tejtēn)
mouth
edge, brim
opening
Derived terms
Relational
-tēn
on the edge, outside
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*tъ, from Proto-Indo-European*só
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɛn/
Pronoun
tenm
(demonstrative) 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.
Further reading
ten in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
Etymology
From Middle Englishten
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɛn/
Numeral
ten
ten
References
Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*tъ, from Proto-Indo-European*só
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɛn/
Pronoun
tenm
(demonstrative) this (nearby)
Related terms
to
Further reading
ten in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ten/, [t̪ẽn]
Rhymes: -en
Verb
ten
Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of tener.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From Englishtime.
Noun
ten
time
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedishten, from Old Norseteinn(“sprout, twig, branch”).
Noun
tenc
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 Englishten.
Numeral
ten
ten
Usage notes
Used when counting; see also tenpela.
Turkish
Etymology
From Persianتن (tan).
Noun
ten (definite accusativeteni, pluraltenler)
skin
body
(dialectal) vulva of a cow
Declension
References
“ten”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982