décadence

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Late Latin decadentia, from decadēns, present participle of decadō (whence the verb déchoir), from de- + cadō (“to fall”).

Doublet of déchéance, naturally inherited from the same Latin root.

• IPA^(key): /de.ka.dɑ̃s/

décadence f (plural décadences)

1. decadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)
2. decline, decay (deterioration of condition)

• décadent

• “décadence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.