Decameron

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Decameron (literally “ten days”), coined from Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (déka, “ten”) and ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkaməɹən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkæməɹən/, /dɪˈkæməɹɑn/

Proper noun

the Decameron

1. A collection of 100 short stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.

Derived terms

• Decameronesque
• Decameronian
• Decameronic

 

Related terms

• hexameron

Translations

collection of 100 short stories by Boccaccio

• Albanian: Dekameroni m
• Arabic: دِيكَامِيرُون m (dīkāmīrūn)
• Armenian: Դեկամերոն (Dekameron)
• Basque: Dekamerona
• Belarusian: Дэкамеро́н m (Dekamjerón)
• Bengali: দেকামেরোন (dekamerōn)
• Catalan: Decameró m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十日談／十日谈 (Shírìtán)

• Czech: Dekameron m
• Esperanto: Dekamerono
• Estonian: Dekameron
• Finnish: Decamerone
• French: Décaméron (fr) m
• Georgian: დეკამერონი (deḳameroni)
• German: Dekameron n
• Greek: Δεκαήμερο n (Dekaḯmero), Δεκαήμερον n (Dekaḯmeron)
• Hebrew: דֶקָאמֶרוֹן m (Dekamerón), דֶקָאמֶרוֹנֶה m (Dekameróne)
• Hungarian: Dekameron (hu)
• Italian: Decameron m, Decamerone m
• Japanese: デカメロン (Dekameron)
• Korean: 데카메론 (ko) (Dekameron)
• Latvian: Dekamerons m
• Malayalam: ഡെക്കാമറൺ (ḍekkāmaṟaṇ)
• Norwegian: Dekameronen m
• Persian: دکامرون (dekâmeron)
• Polish: Dekameron m
• Portuguese: Decamerão m, Decameron m
• Romanian: Decameronul n
• Russian: Декамеро́н m (Dekamerón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Декамѐро̄н m

  Roman: Dekamèrōn (sh) m

• Spanish: Decamerón m
• Thai: ตำนานสิบราตรี (dtam-naan sìp raa-dtrii)

Further reading

• “Decameron”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “the Decameron”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• moderance

Italian

Alternative forms

• Decamerone

Etymology

Literally, “ten days”, coined from Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (déka, “ten”) and ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.ka.meˈrɔn/, /deˈka.me.ron/
• Rhymes: -ɔn, -ameron
• Hyphenation: De‧ca‧me‧ròn, De‧cà‧me‧ron

Proper noun

il Decameron m

1. Decameron (collection of 100 short stories by Boccaccio)

Coordinate terms

• ventisettana

Derived terms

• decameroniano