dece

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See also: d̦ece and de ce

English

Etymology

Shortening of decent.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dece (comparative more dece, superlative most dece)

  1. (slang) Decent; reasonably good,
    • 1993, Chris L Concepcion, “Re: _Bad Voltage_”, in alt.cyberpunk (Usenet):
      I'm sorry but this book did not quite move me. Yeah, the slang wuz kewl, the attitude was neat, and the music was dece (if you read the book four years ago) but it's not THE BEST READ I've ever had […]
    • 2006, [email protected], “Re: Callahan race, post-Regionals”, in rec.sport.disc (Usenet):
      Salad and Franchise both played ridiculously well after we took our lead, especially considering the ridiculous conditions of the game. I suppose the rest of Texas was dece as well, good for you […]
    • 2022 June 08, Donut Media, 6:20 from the start, in We Tested the Most Dangerous Car Accessories‎:
      Let's take a look at this thing. Dece packaging. Wow.

Anagrams

Corsican

Corsican cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dece

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognates include Italian diece and Portuguese dez.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈde.d͡ʒɛ/
  • Hyphenation: de‧ce

Numeral

dece

  1. ten

References

  • “dece, deci” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Esperanto

Etymology

deca +‎ -e

Pronunciation

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Adverb

dece

  1. properly, fittingly

Galician

Verb

dece

  1. inflection of decer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Numeral

dece

  1. ten

Middle English

Noun

dece

  1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dece

  1. genitive singular of deca
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