Masculine

decano

Sentences

Meaning

Destacó como decano del cabildo de la catedral de Poitiers.

He stood out as dean of the chapter of the cathedral of Poitiers.

(masculine) senior, eldest person
(masculine) decane

Frequency

Hyphenated as

de‧ca‧no

Pronounced as (IPA)

/deˈkano/

Cognate with Spanish

degano

In summary

Borrowed from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Doublet of deán (“dean”), which was borrowed from Old French, and of the archaic or rare Spanish degano (“head or administrator of a hacienda in the countryside”), which was inherited.