ten

(ten)

adjective

totaling one more than nine

Origin: ME < OE ten, tȳn, tene, akin to Ger zehn < IE *déṃ, ten > Sans dáça, Gr dēka, L decem

noun

the cardinal number between nine and eleven; 10; X
any group of ten people or things
something numbered ten or having ten units, as a playing card or a throw of dice
☆ Informal a ten-dollar bill

teno-: used before a vowel

See ten in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English tīen; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots

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