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What does the number word десять (desyat) mean?

Десять (desyat) is ten.

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  1. Hundred
  2. Ten ✔
  3. Thousand

Why: Десять is 10. A hundred is сто (sto) and a thousand is тысяча (tysyacha).

Huh, didn't know that: Eleven, одиннадцать (odinnadtsat), is built from один, 'one', plus -надцать, '-teen'.

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Answer: Ten. Десять is 10. A hundred is сто (sto) and a thousand is тысяча (tysyacha).

  1. Wiktionary: десять en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C
    ten (10)
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. Wiktionary: одиннадцать en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C
    From один (one) + -надцать (-teen). eleven (11)
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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