Decade

See also décade

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French décade, from Late Latin decas '(set of) ten', from Ancient Greek (dekas), from (deka) 'ten'

Pronunciation

• enPR: dəkād', dĕk'ād, IPA: /dəˈkeɪd/, /ˈdɛkeɪd/, SAMPA: /d@"keId/, /"dEkeId/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

Singular Decade

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Decade ({{{1}}})

1. Any series of ten items.
2. A period of ten years.
   • Template:RQ:Schuster Hepaticae V

     The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.

3. A series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary.
4. The interval between any two quantities having the ratio 10 to 1.

   'There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003.

Synonyms

• (ten years) decennium

Translations

a series of ten things

Breton: degad m. -où Bulgarian: десятка bg(bg) f., декада bg(bg) f. Dutch: tiental nl(nl) n. Finnish: dekadi fi(fi) French: dizaine fr(fr), décade fr(fr) German: Dekade de(de) f. Greek: δεκάδα el(el) f.

Italian: decina it(it) f. Macedonian: десетка mk(mk) (désetka) f. Polish: dziesiątka f. Swahili: muungo sw(sw) Swedish: dekad sv(sv) c. Turkish: onlu tr(tr) Vietnamese: chục, bộ mười, nhóm mười

a period of ten years

Aragonese: dezenio an(an) Basque: hamarkada eu(eu) Bosnian: decenija bs(bs) Breton: dekvloaziad m. -où Bulgarian: десетилетие bg(bg) n. Catalan: dècada ca(ca) Danish: årti, dekade Dutch: decade nl(nl), decennium nl(nl) n. Esperanto: jardeko eo(eo) Estonian: aastakümned et(et) Finnish: vuosikymmen fi(fi) French: décennie fr(fr) f., décade fr(fr) German: Jahrzehnt n., (archaic) Dekade f. Greek: δεκαετία el(el) f. Hebrew: עשור Template:Romanization of Hebrew m. Hungarian: évtized hu(hu) Indonesian: dasawarsa id(id) Italian: decennio it(it) m., decade it(it) f.

Japanese: 十年 ja(ja) (jyunen) Macedonian: деценија mk(mk) (decénija) f., декада mk(mk) (dekáda) f. Malay: dekad ms(ms) Polish: dziesięciolecie n. (ten years); dekada f. (also relating to a period of ten days, weeks, months) Portuguese: década pt(pt) f., decênio pt(pt) m. Russian: десятилетие ru(ru) Serbian: desetleće n., decenija f. Slovak: desaťročie n., dekáda f. (also relating to a period of ten days) Slovene: desetletje sl(sl) n. Spanish: década es(es) f. Swahili: muungo sw(sw) Swedish: dekad c., årtionde n., decennium n. Telugu: దశాబ్దము (daSAbdamu), దశాబ్ది (daSAbdi) Tosk: Jahrzehnt als(als) Vietnamese: thập kỷ, thập niên, mười năm Welsh: degawd cy(cy) m.

a series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary

Dutch: tientje nl(nl) n. German: Dekade de(de) f. Italian: decina it(it) f.

Polish: dziesiątka f. Swahili: muungo sw(sw) Vietnamese: chục

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Indonesian: dasawarsa, dekade

Spanish: década f.

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Dutch

Etymology

From French décade, cognate with German Dekade etc.

Noun

Decade (plural decades or decaden, diminutive decadetje, diminutive plural decadetjes)

1. A decade, period of ten years
2. Template:History A décade, 'week' of ten days in the French republican calendar; hence any ten consecutive days
3. A set of ten book volumes, as part of a larger opus

Synonyms

• (ten years) decennium n.

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Italian

Etymology

deca- + -ade

Noun

decade f. (plural decadi)

1. A decade, a period of ten days

Related terms

• deca-
• decennio (ten years)

Verb form

decade

1. third-person singular indicative present of decadere

Anagrams

• acddee,
• deceda

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