decay

Signification (English)

Noun

1. The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
2. A deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune.
3. (obsolete) Overthrow, downfall, destruction, ruin.
4. The situation, in programming languages such as C, where an array loses its type and dimensions and is reduced to a pointer, for example by passing it to a function.

Verb

1. To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
2. To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
3. To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
4. To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
5. To rot, to go bad.
6. To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
7. To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
8. Loss of airspeed due to drag.
9. To cause to rot or deteriorate.
10. Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.

Concepts

pourrir

décomposition

se décomposer

pourriture

désintégration

abaissement

carie

déchéance

déclin

putréfaction

se pourrir

se putréfier

désastre

carier

décadence

décliner

pourri

décrépitude

corruption

préserver

biodétérioration

radioactivité

décheance

se délabrer

se détériorer

se gâter

affaiblissement

avarier

pourissement

s’affaiblir

dégénérescence d’une perturbation

extinction d’une rafale

tomber en poussière

décomposer

délabrement

décroissance radioactive

délabrer

dépérir

dépravation

déprimer

désintégrer

faiblir

Synonyms

rot

decline

putrefy

decompose

decomposition

spoil

wither

ruin

deterioration

disintegration

destruction

wane

rottenness

putrefaction

dilapidation

waste away

corruption

degeneration

waste

deteriorate

go bad

crumble

decrease

perish

decadence

collapse

loss

breakdown

radioactive decay

fall

disintegrate

decrepitude

downfall

moulder

corrode

putridity

ruination

molder

putrescence

diminution

withering

wear out

decadency

attenuation

breakup

fail

weakening

rotting

failure

fall apart

corrupt

infirmity

sinking

dilapidate

spoilage

wear

dissolution

weakness

diminish

germ

demoralization

degradation

declension

perishing

degenerate

become rotten

spoilt

declination

fester

debility

become dilapidated

spoiling

rot away

caries

enfeeblement

wear away

erode

old age

become weak

subsidence

ebb

one’s declining fortunes

dwindle

necrosis

nuclear fission

oxidate

pine

preserve

prickly heat

prolapse

pulling down

putridness

rancid

reduction

relegation

retrenchment

retrogression

rotten

ruined

run down

rust

save

abasement

scission

sepsis

shrinking

soft

spallation

spile

splinter

splitting

split up

stagnate

taint

tender

be overwhelmed

toilet

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tooth decay

transformation

transmutation

unhealthiness

waning

wastage

wasting

wasting away

weaken

wear and tear

wet rot

wilt

worn out

worsen

worsening

become worn

be wasted

break apart

decayed wood

demulsify

disunify

draw to an end

fall in ruins

go to rack and ruin

go to ruin

go to waste

grow weak

reduction to the ranks

turn sour

wither away

rust away

fall to ruins

die in obscurity

downward tendency

become emaciated

cariosity

retrogradation

dental caries

be overripe

be decayed

be decomposed

become bad

be putrefied

utter loss

become putrid

consume away

fade down

filty

become/get demoralized/corrupted

biodeterioration

become dust

state of wasting away

become sour

tabefy

dying-out

get rotten

moral degradation

radioactive disintegration

radioactive transformation

putrifaction

cariousness

nuclear spontaneous reaction

scarcity

abate

abatement

abjection

abjectness

abrasion

addle

adversity

afterglow

atomic fission

attrition

bankruptcy

be exhausted

blow

blow out

break

break down

break up

break-up

bust

calamity

catastrophe

clabber

consume

couching

crack up

crouch

curtailment

cut

damage

damping

deficiency

degeneracy

demise

demotion

depravation

depravity

dereliction

derogation

descend

descent

devolution

die

💀

diminishment

dip

disaggregation

disappear

disaster

disband

disrating

dissipate

dissociate

dissociation

droop

dropping

dry-rot

erosion

fade

fade away

fading

feeble

ferment

filth

fission

fragment

fuck off

gangrene

get dry

go

go down

go to pieces

grow old

heat rash

high

humiliation

immorality

impairment

infection

keep

kill

🔪🩸👤

laxness

look after

lowering

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈkeɪ/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: decayen

In summary

From Middle English decayen, dekeyen (“to decrease, diminish”), from Anglo-Norman decaeir (“to fall away, decay, decline”), from Vulgar Latin *dēcadere, etymologically restored form of Latin dēcidere (“to fall away, fail, sink, perish”), from de (“down”) + cadere (“to fall”). Compare decadent and decadence.