deka-

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See also: deka and ɖeka

English

Prefix

deka-

  1. Alternative form of deca-.

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Czech

Pronunciation

Prefix

deka-

  1. deca-

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English deca-), ultimately from Late Latin decas.

Pronunciation

Prefix

deka-

  1. deca-

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Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέκα (déka, ten).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: de‧ka

Prefix

deka-

  1. (noun prefix) deka-, deca-
    deka- + ‎gramm (gram) → ‎dekagramm (decagram)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch deca-, from French déca-, from Late Latin decas ((set of) ten), from Ancient Greek δέκας (dékas), from δέκα (déka, ten). Doublet of dasa-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: dè‧ka

Prefix

dèka

  1. deca- (ten)

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Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English deca-.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: de‧ka-

Prefix

deka- (Jawi spelling ديکا-)

  1. (no longer productive) deca-
    dekagondecagon

Derived terms

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Polish

Etymology

    Pronunciation

    Prefix

    deka-

    1. deca-
      deka- + ‎gram → ‎dekagram

    Derived terms

    See also

    Further reading

    • deka- in Polish dictionaries at PWN