décade

See also: decade

French

Etymology

From Latin decās (stem decād-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.kad/

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Noun

décade f (plural décades)

1. period of ten days (such as the week in the French Republican Calendar)
2. (sometimes proscribed as an Anglicism) decade (period of ten years)

   Synonym: (more common) décennie

Further reading

• “décade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• décéda