Meanings
denary1
denary2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveContaining ten parts.
adjectiveBased on the number ten (as ternary is based on number 3)
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenumbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten
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Origin
denary · noun
- Latindēnārius
- Middle Englishdenarie
- Englishdenary
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.
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Bulgarian десетичен
- десетичен (desetičen)based on number ten
Catalan denari, denari
- denaricontaining ten parts
- denaribased on number ten
Chinese Mandarin 十元的, 十个一组的
- 十元的containing ten parts
- 十个一组的containing ten parts
- 与10有关的based on number ten
Finnish kymmenosainen, kymmenkantainen
- kymmenosainencontaining ten parts
- kymmenkantainenbased on number ten
Polish dziesiętny, dziesiętny
- dziesiętnycontaining ten parts
- dziesiętnybased on number ten
Welsh degaidd
- degaiddbased on number ten
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denary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denary
“denary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “denary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denary.
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