deán

Borrowed from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Doublet of decano, a borrowing from Latin, and of the rare or archaic degano, an inherited term.

• IPA^(key): /deˈan/ [d̪eˈãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: de‧án

deán m (plural deanes)

1. (religion) dean

   Synonym: canónigo

2. (obsolete) head of a group of ten

• decanazgo

• “deán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024