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Catalan
Verb
decreto
- first-person singular present indicative of decretar
Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1300. Learned borrowing from Latin dēcrētum.
Pronunciation
Noun
decreto m (plural decretos)
- decree
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “decreto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “decreto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “decreto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “decreto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “decreto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Interlingua
Noun
decreto (plural decretos)
- decree
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin dēcrētum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈkre.to/, /deˈkrɛ.to/
- Rhymes: -eto, -ɛto
- Hyphenation: de‧cré‧to, de‧crè‧to
Noun
decreto m (plural decreti)
- decree
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin dēcrētus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈkrɛ.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛto
- Hyphenation: de‧crè‧to
Adjective
decreto (feminine decreta, masculine plural decreti, feminine plural decrete)
- (archaic) decreed, established
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈkre.to/, /deˈkrɛ.to/
- Rhymes: -eto, -ɛto
- Hyphenation: de‧cré‧to, de‧crè‧to
Verb
decreto
- first-person singular present indicative of decretare
References
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
dēcrētō
- dative/ablative singular of dēcrētum
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin decretum.
Noun
decreto m (plural decretos)
- decree
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
decreto
- first-person singular present indicative of decretar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈkɾeto/
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: de‧cre‧to
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin decretum.
Noun
decreto m (plural decretos)
- decree
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
decreto
- first-person singular present indicative of decretar
Further reading