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denary en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdiːnəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈneəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈnɛɹi/ (General-American)
• /ˈdɛ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. An ancient coin, the denarius.
   • An hundreth denaries. 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:

Forms

denary en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈdiːnəɹi/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Containing ten parts.
2. (not-comparable) Based on the number ten (as ternary is based on number 3)

Relateds

secondary (Based on the number ten (as ternary is based on number 3)) · unary (Containing ten parts.) · duodenary · quinary · undenary · ternary · nonary · octonary · tertiary · quaternary · binary (Based on the number ten (as ternary is based on number 3)) · quindenary · senary · vigenary · primary (Containing ten parts.) · septenary

Synonyms

decimal · tenfold

Translations (11)

ca denari (based on number ten) · cy degaidd (based on number ten) · cmn 十个一组的 (containing ten parts) · ca denari (containing ten parts) · cmn 十元的 (containing ten parts) · fi kymmenosainen (containing ten parts) · cmn 与10有关的 (based on number ten) · fi kymmenkantainen (based on number ten) · bg десетичен (based on number ten) · pl dziesiętny (containing ten parts) · pl dziesiętny (based on number ten)