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English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Doublet of decade. By surface analysis, dec- + -ad.
Pronunciation
Noun
decad (plural decads)
- Archaic form of decade (“period of ten years”).
- Archaic form of decade (“group of ten”).
- (music) A group of ten notes from which the consonant triads may be constructed
Coordinate terms
- (group) monad, duad/dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, hebdomad/heptad, ogdoad/octad, ennead/nonad, decad/decade, hendecad, dodecad/duodecade, chiliad
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Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
decad
- inflection of decădea:
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- third-person plural present indicative