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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teenty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
teen-ty
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very small; teensy.

Informal

num

One hundred (100), especially a short hundred when considering long hundreds.

Example Sentences

Etymology

* ten + -ty Perhaps from Old English hundtēontiġ (compare hundseofontiġ, hundeahtatiġ, hundniġontiġ, hundendleftiġ, and hundtwelftiġ for modern seventy, eighty, ninety, and nonstandard eleventy, twelfty, reflecting the old Germanic hybrid base-ten and base-twelve numbering system); perhaps reconstructed based on eleventy etc. and -teen.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

teentier (comparative) teentiest (superlative)

Phrases

eleventy (110) twelfty (120)

Frequently Paired Words

eleventy (110) twelfty (120)

Synonyms

short hundred

Questions

What does teenty mean?
Very small; teensy.
Where does teenty come from?
* ten + -ty Perhaps from Old English hundtēontiġ (compare hundseofontiġ, hundeahtatiġ, hundniġontiġ, hundendleftiġ, and hundtwelftiġ for modern seventy, eighty, ninety, and nonstandard eleventy, twelfty, reflecting the old Germanic hybrid base-ten and base-twelve numbering system); perhaps reconstructed based on eleventy etc. and -teen.

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