deca

See also: DECA, déca, deçà, deca-, and déca-

English

Etymology

From deca-, from Latin decas (“ten”), from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás, “10”)

• (nandrolone decanoate): Clipping of decanoate.
• (decathlon): Clipping of decathlon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkə/
• Rhymes: -ɛkə
• Homophone: decker (non-rhotic)

Noun

deca (countable and uncountable, plural decas)

1. (bodybuilding slang, uncountable) The anabolic steroid nandrolone decanoate.
2. (sports) Abbreviation of decathlon.

Coordinate terms

nandrolone decanoate

• decanoate
• nandrolone
• nandrolone decanoate

Derived terms

nandrolone decanoate

• deca dick

Anagrams

• aced, CEDA, cade, Cade, dace, -cade, ecad

Esperanto

Etymology

From deci +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdet͡sa/
• Rhymes: -et͡sa
• Hyphenation: de‧ca

Adjective

deca (accusative singular decan, plural decaj, accusative plural decajn)

1. fitting, proper

See also

• konvena
• taŭga

Italian

Etymology

From Latin decās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Hyphenation: dè‧ca

Noun

deca f (plural deche)

1. decade

   Synonym: decade

2. (obsolete) a 10,000 lire banknote

Further reading

• deca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• cade, ceda

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• djeca, đeca (Ijekavian)
• dica (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětьca.

Noun

dèca n (Cyrillic spelling дѐца)

1. (collective) children

Declension

Declension of deca

	singular
nominative	dèca
genitive	dècē
dative	deci
accusative	decu
vocative	dȅco
locative	deci
instrumental	dècōm

For the singular sense, the word déte is used.