decade

Meaning

1. (feminine) a décade, 'week' of ten days in the French republican calendar; hence any ten consecutive days
2. (feminine) a set of ten book volumes, as part of a larger opus
3. (feminine, uncommon) a decade, period of ten years

Concepts

decade

decennary

decennium

Group of Ten

ten years

Synonyms

decennium

dekade

tiental

jaartien

Translations

Dekade

década

decenni

Jahrzehnt

decenio

dècada

δεκαετία

décennie

decade

decennio

decênio

década

decada

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdeːˈkaː.də/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: décade

Cognate with German: Dekade

In summary

Borrowed from French décade (“period of ten days”), cognate with German Dekade etc. In the sense “period of ten days” influenced by English decade; this meaning is seldom found outside poor translations from English.