Meanings
plural ten thousands
- The cardinal number 10,000.
2 more examples
And Seamen, will live and increaſe, as in other Ages of the World they uſed to do in times of War, altho Thouſands were kill’d: And of the moſt fighting War the Seamen ever ſaw in England this 100 Years, it can only be ſaid, the Sword or Guns kill’d Thouſands. But this War, without fighting, hath been the Death of ſeveral Ten Thouſands.
1696, W[illiam] Hodges, Humble Proposals for the Relief, Encouragement, Security and Happiness of the Loyal, Couragious Seamen of England, […], [London]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 38China chose resistance. This resistance brought suffering that affected each individual. It gave even the young children national consciousness. It put the marching song of the soldiers upon their lips. The children cry the fulfillment of a prediction when they sing "Chi-lai, chi-lai . . ."—"Arise, arise . . . ten thousand with one heart."
1943, Kwok Ying Fung, “Out of Yesterday”, in China, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 15Synonyms: myriad
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number 10,000.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivedenoting a quantity consisting of 10,000 items or units
nounthe cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans tienduisend
- tienduisend10,000
Ancient Greek μύριοι, ͵ι
- μύριοι (múrioi)10,000
- ͵ι10,000
Arabic عَشَرَة آلَاف
- عَشَرَة آلَاف10,000
Chinese Cantonese 萬 /万
- 萬 /万 (maan⁶)10,000
Chinese Mandarin 萬 /万
- 萬 /万 (wàn)10,000
Czech deset tisíc
- deset tisíc10,000
Danish ti tusind, ti tusinde
- ti tusind10,000
- ti tusinde10,000
Dutch tienduizend
- tienduizend10,000
Esperanto dek mil
- dek mil10,000
Finnish kymmenentuhatta
- kymmenentuhatta10,000
French dix mille
- dix mille10,000
German zehntausend
- zehntausend10,000
Greek δέκα χιλιάδες
- δέκα χιλιάδες (déka chiliádes)10,000
Hawaiian kini
- kini10,000
Hebrew עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים, רְבָבָה
- עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים (aséret alafím)10,000
- רְבָבָה (revavá)10,000
- רִבּוֹא (ribó)10,000
Hindi दस हज़ार, १०,००० (10,000)
- दस हज़ार (das hazār)10,000
- १०,००० (10,000)10,000
Hungarian tízezer
- tízezer10,000
Icelandic tíu þúsund
- tíu þúsund10,000
Irish deich míle
- deich míle10,000
Italian diecimila
- diecimila10,000
Japanese 一万, 万
- 一万 (ichiman)10,000
- 万 (man)10,000
- 万 (yorozu)10,000
Korean 만
- 만 (man)10,000
Malay sepuluh ribu, puluh ribu
- sepuluh ribu10,000
- puluh ribu10,000
- laksa10,000
Māori tini, ngahuru mano
- tini10,000
- ngahuru mano10,000
- tekau mano10,000
Norwegian Bokmål titusen
- titusen10,000
Persian بیور, ده هزار
- بیور (bivar)10,000
- ده هزار (dah hezâr)10,000
Polish dziesięć tysięcy
- dziesięć tysięcy10,000
Portuguese dez mil
- dez mil10,000
Romanian zece mii
- zece mii10,000
Russian де́сять ты́сяч
- де́сять ты́сяч (désjatʹ týsjač)10,000
Slovak desaťtisíc
- desaťtisíc10,000
Spanish diez mil
- diez mil10,000
Swahili elfu kumi
- elfu kumi10,000
Swedish tio tusen
- tio tusen10,000
Tagalog laksa, sampung libo
- laksa10,000
- sampung libo10,000
Tamil பத்தாயிரம்
- பத்தாயிரம் (pattāyiram)10,000
Thai หนึ่งหมื่น, หมื่น
- หนึ่งหมื่น10,000
- หมื่น (mʉ̀ʉn)10,000
Turkish on bin, tümen
- on bin10,000
- tümen10,000
Ukrainian де́сять ти́сяч
- де́сять ти́сяч (désjatʹ týsjač)10,000
Urdu دس ہزار
- دس ہزار (das hazār)10,000
Vietnamese mười nghìn, mười ngàn
- mười nghìn10,000
- mười ngàn10,000
- vạn10,000
Welsh deng mil
- deng mil10,000
Cite this entry
ten thousand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ten%20thousand
“ten thousand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ten%20thousand. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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