dekan

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛkan]

dekan m inan

1. (chemistry) decane (C₁₀H₂₂)

• metan m
• etan m
• propan m
• butan m
• pentan m
• hexan m
• heptan m
• oktan m
• nonan m
• undekan m
• dodekan m

• “dekan”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “dekan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

dekan

1. dean (head of a faculty)

dekan

1. (organic chemistry) alternative spelling of decan

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dekan

1. accusative singular of deka

From Dutch decaan (“dean”), from Late Latin decānus.

• IPA^(key): /dekan/
• Hyphenation: dé‧kan

dékan (plural dekan-dekan or para dekan)

1. dean:
   1. (education) a senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty
   2. (Christianity) a dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons

From Malay dekan, from Semelai dkan, from Proto-Aslian *dəka(a)n, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁kan (“bamboo rat”). Compare Khasi dkhan (“hill rat, mole”), Muong cẳn (“bamboo rat”) and Khmu tkan ("mole").

• IPA^(key): /dəkan/
• Hyphenation: dê‧kan

dêkan (plural dekan-dekan)

1. large bamboo rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis)

• “dekan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Dutch decaan (“dean”), from Late Latin decānus.

dekan (plural dekan-dekan)

1. dean (of an academic institution)

From Semelai dkan, from Proto-Aslian *dəka(a)n, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁kan (“bamboo rat”). Compare Khasi dkhan (“hill rat, mole”), Muong cẳn (“bamboo rat”) and Khmu tkan ("mole").

• IPA^(key): /dəkan/

dekan

1. large bamboo rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis).

• Indonesian: dekan

• “dekan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.kan/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkan
• Syllabification: de‧kan

dekan m inan

1. decane

• dekan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /děkaːn/
• Hyphenation: de‧kan

Borrowed from German Dekan, from Late Latin decānus.

dèkān m anim (Cyrillic spelling дѐка̄н)

1. dean (senior official in college or university)

Borrowed from German Decan.

dèkān m inan (Cyrillic spelling дѐка̄н)

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) decane

dekan n

1. (organic chemistry) decane

dekan c

1. dean; senior office in a university

• (dean): dekanus

• nekad

Borrowed from German Dekan (“dean”), from Medieval Latin decānus (“dean”). Doublet of duayen.

• IPA^(key): /de.kan/

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dekan (definite accusative dekanı, plural dekanlar)

1. A professor in charge of a faculty at a university; dean

• dekanlık

• rektör
• profesör
• doktor
• doçent

• “dekan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu