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English

Alternative forms

  • décor

Etymology

From French décor.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪkɔː(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /deɪˈkoɹ/, /dɪˈkoɹ/, /ˈdeɪkoɹ/, /ˈdɛkoɹ/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈdæekoː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) (American pronunciation)

Noun

decor (countable and uncountable, plural decors)

  1. The style of decoration of a room or building.
  2. A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Coder, OCRed, coder, cored, credo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decōrum. Doublet of decòrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈkor]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [deˈkor]

Noun

decor m (plural decors)

  1. décor, decoration, adornment
  2. decorum, propriety
    Synonym: decòrum

Related terms

Further reading

  • “decor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French décor, from Latin decor or decus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deːˈkɔr/
  • Hyphenation: de‧cor
  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

decor n (plural decors, diminutive decortje n)

  1. stage setting, decor, scenery
  2. decor; decoration

Derived terms

  • decorbouw

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dekor
  • Indonesian: dekor

References

Latin

Etymology

See decus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈde.kor/, [ˈd̪ɛkɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.kor/, [ˈd̪ɛːkor]

Noun

decor m (genitive decōris); third declension

  1. elegance, grace
  2. beauty, charm
    Synonyms: pulchritūdō, faciēs, decus
    Antonyms: dēdecus, dehonestāmentum

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • decōrus

Descendants

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

References

  • decor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décor.

Noun

decor n (plural decoruri)

  1. decor

Declension

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