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denary

/ˈdiːnəɹi/US/dɪˈnɛɹi/

denary noun: an ancient coin, the denarius.

Noun

denary (plural denaries)

  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: […]...

Adjective

denary (not comparable)

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

Synonyms of denary

Forms of denary

pluraldenaries

Origin of denary

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.

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

Questions about denary

What does denary mean?
Denary means an ancient coin, the denarius.
What part of speech is denary?
Denary can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce denary?
Denary is pronounced /ˈdiːnəɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of denary?
The plural of denary is denaries.

Words near denary in the dictionary

  1. denarrativize
  2. denarrativized
  3. denarrativizes
  4. denarrativizing
  5. denars
  6. denary
  7. Denas
  8. denasal
  9. denasalise
  10. denasalised
  11. denasalises

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