denary

English

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    Cardinal: ten
    Ordinal: tenth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 10th
    Latinate ordinal: denary
    Adverbial: ten times
    Multiplier: tenfold
    Latinate multiplier: decuple
    Germanic collective: tensome
    Collective of n parts: decuplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: decad, decade
    Metric collective prefix: deca-
    Greek collective prefix: deca-
    Latinate collective prefix: deca-
    Fractional: tenth
    Metric fractional prefix: deci-
    Elemental: decuplet
    Number of musicians: decet
    Number of years: decade, decennium

Etymology 1

From Middle English denarie, from the Latin dēnārius, used elliptically for dēnārius nummus (“denary coin, coin containing ten asses”). Piecewise doublet of etymology 2 below. Doublet of dinar, denar, and denier.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdiːnəɹi/, /ˈdɛ-/, /dɪˈneəɹi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈnɛɹi/

Noun

denary (plural denaries)

  1. An ancient coin, the denarius.
    • 1549, Erasmus, “(please specify the book of the Bible, or other title)”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall; et al.], transl., The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche:
      An hundreth denaries.

Etymology 2

First attested in 1577; from the Latin dēnārius (“containing ten”), from dēnī (“ten each, ten at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).

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Adjective

denary (not comparable)

  1. Containing ten parts.
    Synonym: tenfold
  2. Based on the number ten (as ternary is based on number 3)
    Synonym: decimal
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