diez

• deu

From Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

diez

1. ten

From Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

diez (indeclinable)

1. ten

• dies

Inherited from Old Spanish diez, dies (“ten”), from Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognates include French dix and Portuguese dez; more distantly Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), English ten, and German zehn.

diez (Hebrew spelling דייז)^[1]

1. ten (10)
   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[1], page 193:

     Le respondió la mama: "Diez dedos ay en las manos. Kada uno duele en la mizma manera? No! El diamante es para el diamante!"

     The mum replied, ‘There are ten fingers on the hands. Each one hurts the same way? No! The diamond is for the diamond!’

diez

1. Use to add uncertainty to a statement

   Tas nav diez cik grūti. ― It is not all that difficult

• dies

diez

1. ten (10)

• Ladino: dies, diez, דייז, דייס
• Spanish: diez
  • Tagalog: diyes

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “diez”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 192

Borrowed from French dièse.

diez m (plural diezi)

1. sharp (symbol)

Inherited from Old Spanish diez (“ten”), from Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognates include French dix and Portuguese dez; more distantly Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), English ten, and German zehn.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈdjeθ/ [ˈd̪jeθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈdjes/ [ˈd̪jes]

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• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: diez

diez

1. ten

• → Tagalog: diyes

diez m (plural dieces)

1. (education, number grade) A (highest grade in testing)

   Este año voy a sacar puros dieces.

   This year I will get only As.

• “diez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10