dece

See also: -deceʼ, d̦ece, and de ce

English

Etymology

Shortening of decent.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dēs, IPA^(key): /diːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Adjective

dece (comparative more dece, superlative most dece)

1. (slang) Decent; reasonably good,
   • 1993, Chris L Concepcion, “Re: _Bad Voltage_”, in alt.cyberpunk (Usenet):

     I'm sorry but this book did not quite move me. Yeah, the slang wuz kewl, the attitude was neat, and the music was dece (if you read the book four years ago) but it's not THE BEST READ I've ever had […]

   • 2006, Joseph.H...@gmail.com, “Re: Callahan race, post-Regionals”, in rec.sport.disc (Usenet):

     Salad and Franchise both played ridiculously well after we took our lead, especially considering the ridiculous conditions of the game. I suppose the rest of Texas was dece as well, good for you […]

   • 2022 June 08, Donut Media, 6:20 from the start, in We Tested the Most Dangerous Car Accessories‎^[1]:

     Let's take a look at this thing. Dece packaging. Wow.

Anagrams

• cede

Corsican

Corsican cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dece

Alternative forms

• deci

Etymology

From Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognates include Italian diece, dieci and Portuguese dez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.d͡ʒɛ/
• Hyphenation: de‧ce

Numeral

dece

1. ten

References

• “dece”, in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa [Database of the Corsican language], 1999-

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛt͡sɛ]

Noun

dece

1. dative/locative singular of deka

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.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto deca

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ebor.

Russian -е (-e)influ.

▲

Polish -einflu.

Czech -einflu.

Esperanto -e

Esperanto dece

From deca + -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdet͡se/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -et͡se
• Syllabification: de‧ce

Adverb

dece

1. properly, fittingly

Galician

Verb

dece

1. inflection of decer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.tse/

Numeral

dece

1. ten

Middle English

Noun

dece

1. alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Polish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.t͡sɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡sɛ
• Syllabification: de‧ce

Noun

dece

1. dative/locative singular of deka

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dece (Cyrillic spelling деце)

1. genitive singular of deca