décime

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See also: decime, and décimé

English

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Noun

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décime (plural décimes)

  1. Alternative form of decime (coin)

Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.sim/
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Etymology 1

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From Middle French decime, décime, decyme, borrowed from Latin decima (pars) (tenth (part)).[1] Compare the inherited doublet dîme.

Noun

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décime f (plural décimes)

  1. (historical) a coin valued at one-tenth of a franc minted prior to 1815
  2. (informal) a 10-centime coin, minted up to 1999 and bearing the same value
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Etymology 2

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From décimer +‎ -e.

Verb

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décime

  1. inflection of décimer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

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  1. ^ décime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.