tenth

CEFRA1

/tɛnθ/

number · adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    number

    The position after ninth and before eleventh.

  2. 02

    number

    Extra detail

    Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.

Examples

  • The general use of forks for eating started in the tenth century A.D.

  • This song comes down to us from the tenth century.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

number

Extra meaning

  1. The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. One of ten equal parts of a whole.

More examples

In context

  • School begins on April the tenth.

  • My dear young lady, here I am for the tenth time.

  • These words are formed by the rusty iron point with which I write with difficulty in scrapings of soot and charcoal from the chimney, mixed with blood, in the last month of the tenth year of my captivity.

Synonyms

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Origin

number

From Middle English tenth, tenthe. Old English had tēoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal and re-insert the nasal consonant. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tehundô. Equivalent to ten (numeral) + -th (suffix forming ordinals).