deán

Meaning

1. (masculine) dean
2. (masculine, obsolete) head of a group of ten

Concepts

dean

Synonyms

decano

Translations

Dekan

deão

doyen

degà

Dekanin

Dechant

deken

decano

degan

decano

decaan

διευθυντής ή πρύτανις πανεπιστημίου

Hyphenated as

de‧án

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French: deien

In summary

Borrowed from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Doublet of decano, a borrowing from Latin, and of the rare or archaic degano, an inherited term.