Decameron

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Decameron (literally “ten days”), coined from Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (déka, “ten”) and ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkaməɹən/
(US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkæməɹən/, /dɪˈkæməɹɑn/

Proper noun

the Decameron

A collection of 100 short stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.

Derived terms

Related terms

hexameron

Translations

collection of 100 short stories by Boccaccio

Albanian: Dekameroni m
Arabic: دِيكَامِيرُون m (dīkāmīrūn)
Armenian: Դեկամերոն (Dekameron)
Basque: Dekamerona
Belarusian: Дэкамеро́н m (Dekamjerón)
Bengali: দেকামেরোন (dekamerōn)
Catalan: Decameró m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 十日談／十日谈 (Shírìtán)
Czech: Dekameron m
Esperanto: Dekamerono
Estonian: Dekameron
Finnish: Decamerone
French: Décaméron (fr) m
Georgian: დეკამერონი (deḳameroni)
German: Dekameron n
Greek: Δεκαήμερο n (Dekaḯmero), Δεκαήμερον n (Dekaḯmeron)
Hebrew: דֶקָאמֶרוֹן m (Dekamerón), דֶקָאמֶרוֹנֶה m (Dekameróne)
Hungarian: Dekameron (hu)
Italian: Decameron m, Decamerone m
Japanese: デカメロン (Dekameron)
Korean: 데카메론 (ko) (Dekameron)
Latvian: Dekamerons m
Malayalam: ഡെക്കാമറൺ (ḍekkāmaṟaṇ)
Norwegian: Dekameronen m
Persian: دکامرون (dekâmeron)
Polish: Dekameron m
Portuguese: Decamerão m, Decameron m
Romanian: Decameronul m
Russian: Декамеро́н m (Dekamerón)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Декамѐро̄н m

Roman: Dekamèrōn (sh) m
Spanish: Decamerón m
Thai: ตำนานสิบราตรี (dtam-naan sìp raa-dtrii)

Further reading

“Decameron”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“the Decameron”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Anagrams

moderance

Italian

Alternative forms

Decamerone

Etymology

Literally, “ten days”, coined from Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (déka, “ten”) and ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.ka.meˈrɔn/, /deˈka.me.ron/
Rhymes: -ɔn, -ameron
Hyphenation: De‧ca‧me‧ròn, De‧cà‧me‧ron

Proper noun

il Decameron m

Decameron (collection of 100 short stories by Boccaccio)

Coordinate terms

ventisettana

Derived terms

decameroniano

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