deca

See also: DECA, déca, deçà, deca-, and déca-

English

Etymology

From deca-, from Latin decas (“ten”), from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás, “10”). Sense 1 is a clipping of decanoate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkə/
• Rhymes: -ɛkə
• Homophone: decker (non-rhotic)

Noun

deca (countable and uncountable, plural decas)

2. (bodybuilding slang, uncountable) The anabolic steroid nandrolone decanoate.
3. (sports) Clipping of decathlon.

Derived terms

nandrolone decanoate

• deca dick

Anagrams

• aced, CEDA, cade, Cade, dace, -cade, ecad

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁yéti

Proto-Italic *dekējeti

Proto-Italic *dekēt

Latin decetbor.

Esperanto deci

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto deca

From deci + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdet͡sa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -et͡sa
• Syllabification: de‧ca

Adjective

deca (accusative singular decan, plural decaj, accusative plural decajn)

1. fitting, proper

See also

• konvena
• taŭga

Italian

Etymology

From Latin decās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Hyphenation: dè‧ca

Noun

deca f (plural deche)

1. decade

   Synonym: decade

2. (obsolete) 10,000 lire banknote

See also

• deca-

Further reading

• “deca”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• cade, ceda

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: de‧ca

Noun

deca m (plural decas)

1. (informal) clipping of decalitro (“decaliter/decalitre”)

See also

• deca-
• decá

Further reading

• “deca”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–present
• “deca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• djèca, đèca (Ijekavian)
• dìca (Ikavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dětьca.

Noun

dèca n (Cyrillic spelling дѐца) (Ekavian)

1. (collective) children

Declension

Declension of deca

	singular
nominative	dèca
genitive	dècē
dative	dȅci
accusative	dȅcu
vocative	dȅco
locative	dèci
instrumental	dècōm

For the singular sense, the word déte is used.