decennium
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin decennium, from decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
decennium (plural decenniums or decennia)
- Synonym of decade: a ten year period.
- Coordinate terms: annum, biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, centennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium
Usage notesEdit
When decennium is used in place of the more common decade, it is generally employed to avoid the connection of decade with the set spans of ten year calendar periods whose last digits run from 0 to 9.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
- (adj.): See decennial
- (adv.): See decennially
- (10-year anniversary): decennial
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
decennium n (singular definite decenniet, plural indefinite decennier)
- decade; a period of ten years
DeclensionEdit
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | decennium | decenniet | decennier | decennierne |
genitive | decenniums | decenniets | decenniers | decenniernes |
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin decennium.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
decennium n (plural decennia or decenniën or decenniums, diminutive decenniumpje n)
SynonymsEdit
- decade (rare)
- jaartiental
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deˈken.ni.um/, [d̪ɛˈkɛnːiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃen.ni.um/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛnːium]
NounEdit
decennium n (genitive decenniī or decennī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | decennium | decennia |
Genitive | decenniī decennī1 |
decenniōrum |
Dative | decenniō | decenniīs |
Accusative | decennium | decennia |
Ablative | decenniō | decenniīs |
Vocative | decennium | decennia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “decennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Norwegian BokmålEdit
NounEdit
decennium n (definite singular decenniet, indefinite plural decennier, definite plural decennia or decenniene)
- alternative spelling of desennium
Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
decennium n (definite singular decenniet, indefinite plural decennium, definite plural decennia)
- alternative spelling of desennium
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
decennium n
- decade; a period of ten years
DeclensionEdit
Declension of decennium | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | decennium | decenniet | decennier | decennierna |
Genitive | decenniums | decenniets | decenniers | decenniernas |