Feminine

déchéance

Meaning

  1. (feminine) decay
  2. (feminine) downfall

Translations

Frequency

30k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.ʃe.ɑ̃s/
Etymology

In summary

From déchoir + -ance, possibly corresponding to Late Latin decadentia, from decadēns, present participle of decadō, from Latin de + cadō. Doublet of décadence, borrowed from Latin.

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