décime

Noun

1. (feminine, historical) a coin valued at one-tenth of a franc minted prior to 1815
2. (feminine, informal) a 10-centime coin, minted up to 1999 and bearing the same value

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of décimer:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of décimer:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/de.sim/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: decimus

In summary

From Middle French decime, décime, decyme, borrowed from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Compare the inherited doublet dîme.

Synonyms

dîme

dïme

Translations

delme

dècima

Zehnt

Zehnte

tiende

10th

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