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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdecena
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /deˈse.na/
"Compró una decena de pieles de cordero."
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A historical unit or package consisting of ten items, particularly used in medieval trade for animal skins and hides.
"The merchant recorded the delivery of five dakers of calfskins in the ledger."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the obsolete English term 'daker', historically denoting a group or pack of ten (especially of hides or skins), tracing back through Middle English and Old French from the Latin decuria. In modern specialized historical contexts, it has occasionally taken the variant spelling 'danker' to denote a batch or set of ten items.
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dizaine
Transliteration: /di.zɛn/
"Il a vendu une dizaine de peaux au marché."
Zehnerpack
Transliteration: /ˈtseːɐ̯ˌpak/
"Der Händler kaufte einen Zehnerpack Häute."
decina
Transliteration: /deˈtʃi.na/
"Portò una decina di pelli alla conceria."
decena
Transliteration: /deˈse.na/
"Compró una decena de pieles de cordero."
dezena
Transliteration: /deˈze.nɐ/
"O comerciante transportava uma dezena de peles."
दस का समूह
Transliteration: das ka samuha
"व्यापारी ने खालों का एक समूह खरीदा।"
十件套
Transliteration: shí jiàn tào
"商人清点了十张一组的皮革。"
10개 묶음
Transliteration: sip-gae mukkum
"상인은 가죽 10개 묶음을 기록했다."
10個組
Transliteration: jū ko gumi
"商人は毛皮の10個組を取引した。"
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