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denary¹

  • /ˈdiːnəɹi/ UK
  • /ˈdɛ-/ UK
  • /dɪˈneəɹi/ UK
  • /dɪˈnɛɹi/ US

Sounds like deanery (for some speakers)

Where it comes from

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.

noun denaries

  1. An ancient coin, the denarius. An hundreth denaries.

denary²

  • /ˈdiːnəɹi/

Sounds like deanery

Where it comes from

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

adjective

  1. not comparable Containing ten parts.

    Similar: tenfold

  2. not comparable Based on the number ten (as ternary is based on number 3)

    Similar: decimal

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adj containing ten parts

中文十元的, 十个一组的

adj based on number ten

中文与10有关的

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@misc{denary_2026,
  title = {denary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/denary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}