-teen
/tiːn/
-teen suffix: used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen.
Suffix
-teen
-teen meaning in Arabic, Malay and Indonesian
-teen in Arabic
- to form numbers 13 - 19
- ... عَشَرَ ... ʕašara
-teen in Malay
- to form numbers 13 - 19
- ... belas
-teen in Indonesian
- to form numbers 13 - 19
- ... belas
Origin of -teen
From Middle English -tene, from Anglian Old English -tēne (compare West Saxon -tīene), from an inflected form of Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”).
Words that rhyme with -teen
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- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about -teen
- What does -teen mean?
- -teen means used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen.
- What is -teen in Arabic?
- -teen in Arabic is ... عَشَرَ (... ʕašara). See -teen meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is -teen?
- -teen is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -teen?
- -teen is pronounced /tiːn/.
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