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tenne

tenne is the obsolete spelling of ten.

Meaning of ten

Numeral

ten

  1. The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.
    • There is a melody upon the Earth as though ten thousand streams all sang together for their homes that they had forsaken in the hills.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], “The Sayings of Slid (whose Soul is by the Sea)”, in The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 15

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Questions about tenne

What is tenne the obsolete spelling of?
Tenne is the obsolete spelling of ten.

Words near tenne in the dictionary

  1. tennantite
  2. tennantites
  3. Tennants
  4. tennaunt
  5. tennaunts
  6. tenne
  7. Tennent
  8. tenner
  9. tenners
  10. Tennes
  11. tennesi

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