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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French décadence, from Late Latin decadentia, from decadens.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.kaˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /de.kaˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.kaˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /de.kaˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.kaˈdẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /de.kaˈdẽ.sja/
- Hyphenation: de‧ca‧dên‧ci‧a
Noun
decadência f (plural decadências)
- decline, decay (deterioration of condition)
- decadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)