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French
Etymology
From Latin decās (stem decād-).
Pronunciation
Noun
décade f (plural décades)
- period of ten days (such as the week in the French Republican Calendar)
- (sometimes proscribed as an Anglicism) decade (period of ten years)
- Synonym: (more common) décennie
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