decennium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin decennium, from decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”), from deciēs (“ten times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Equivalent to decennial + -ium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
decennium (plural decenniums or decennia)
- Synonym of decade: a ten year period.
- Coordinate terms: annum, biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, vicennium, tricennium, centennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium
Usage notes edit
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 terms edit
Related terms edit
- (adj.): See decennial
- (adv.): See decennially
- (10-year anniversary): decennial
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
decennium n (singular definite decenniet, plural indefinite decennier)
- decade; a period of ten years
Declension edit
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | decennium | decenniet | decennier | decennierne |
genitive | decenniums | decenniets | decenniers | decenniernes |
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin decennium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
decennium n (plural decennia or decenniën or decenniums, diminutive decenniumpje n)
Synonyms edit
- decade (rare)
- jaartiental
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deˈken.ni.um/, [d̪ɛˈkɛnːiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃen.ni.um/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛnːium]
Etymology 1 edit
From decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), decennis being from decem (“ten”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”).
Noun edit
decennium n (genitive decenniī or decennī); second declension
Declension edit
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 terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Danish: decennium
- Dutch: decennium
- English: decennium
- Norwegian: decennium, desennium
- Swedish: decennium
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
decennium
References edit
- “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 Bokmål edit
Noun edit
decennium n (definite singular decenniet, indefinite plural decennier, definite plural decennia or decenniene)
- alternative spelling of desennium
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
decennium n (definite singular decenniet, indefinite plural decennium, definite plural decennia)
- alternative spelling of desennium
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
decennium n
Declension edit
Declension of decennium | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | decennium | decenniet | decennier | decennierna |
Genitive | decenniums | decenniets | decenniers | decenniernas |
References edit
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms suffixed with -ium
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English terms with quotations
- English terms prefixed with dec-
- en:Ten
- en:Time
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish terms spelled with C
- Danish neuter nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛniʏm
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with Latin plurals
- Dutch irregular nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms suffixed with -ium
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin adjective forms
- la:Time
- la:Ten
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns