tens

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛnz === Noun === tens plural of ten === Noun === tens pl (plural only) An inexact quantity or number, typically understood to be between 10 or 20 and 100. Synonym: dozens (poker slang) A pair of tens. The period from a year ending in 10 to a year ending in 19 (mostly referring to the 1910s or 2010s); the teens, the oneties. ==== Usage notes ==== To express inexact number, dozens is much more common than tens, except when conveying order of magnitude, such as "tens of thousands [, millions, etc]". ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== === See also === === Anagrams === NETs, Sten, nets, NEST, sent., ENTs, Ents, Nest, ents, snet, nest, sent == Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin tēnsus. Compare the inherited doublet tes. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛns] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈtens] ==== Adjective ==== tens (feminine tensa, masculine plural tensos, feminine plural tenses) tense, taut Antonym: lax === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtens] ==== Verb ==== tens second-person singular present indicative of tenir second-person singular present indicative of tindre === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛns] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈtens] ==== Verb ==== tens (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of tensar === Further reading === “tens”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “tens”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “tens” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “tens” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Galician == === Verb === tens (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of ter == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old French tens, tans, from Latin tempus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛns/ === Noun === tens (plural tenses or tens) (grammar) tense ==== Descendants ==== English: tense ==== References ==== “tens(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin tempus. === Noun === tens oblique singular, m (oblique plural tens, nominative singular tens, nominative plural tens) alternative form of tans == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin tenēs. Cognate with Galician tes and Spanish tienes. Also compare with vens. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃s, (Rio de Janeiro) -ẽj̃ʃ, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃ʃ Hyphenation: tens === Verb === tens second-person singular present indicative of ter == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === tens indefinite genitive singular of ten === Anagrams === Sten, sent, sten