décor

See also: decor, decòr, and de cor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French décor.

Noun

décor (countable and uncountable, plural décors)

  1. Alternative spelling of decor.
    • 2024 March 20, Greg Morse, “XP64: the train the [sic] [that] launched a new style”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 47:
      Yet Mrs Allen found much favour with the décor of the new vehicles. She also agreed that the levels of comfort were "immeasurably higher" than she had previously found.

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin decor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.kɔʁ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Noun

décor m (plural décors)

  1. decor, decoration
  2. (theater) set, location
  3. scenery, backdrop
    rouler dans le décor
    to drive one's vehicle into something off the road

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: decor
    • Afrikaans: dekor
    • → Indonesian: dekor
  • → English: decor, décor
  • → German: Dekor
  • → Greek: ντεκόρ (ntekór)
  • → Italian: decoro
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: dekor
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: dekor
  • → Romanian: decor
  • → Russian: декор (dekor)
  • → Turkish: dekor

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