decadencia
See also: decadència and decadência
Galician
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnθja
- Rhymes: -ɛnsja
- Rhymes: -enθja
- Rhymes: -ensja
- Hyphenation: de‧ca‧den‧cia
Noun
decadencia f (plural decadencias)
- decline, decay (deterioration of condition)
- decadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)
Related terms
Further reading
- “decadencia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin decadentia, from decadens, or possibly through French décadence, cf. Italian decadenza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dekaˈdenθja/ [d̪e.kaˈð̞ẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /dekaˈdensja/ [d̪e.kaˈð̞ẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: de‧ca‧den‧cia
Noun
decadencia f (plural decadencias)
- decline, decay (deterioration of condition)
- decadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)
Related terms
Further reading
- “decadencia”, 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