Decameron

English

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The Decameron

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

the Decameron

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

Derived terms

• Decameronesque
• Decameronian
• Decameronic

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 n 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

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Decameron

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Alternative forms

• Decamerone

Etymology

Literally, “ten days”, coined from Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă, “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

1. Decameron (collection of 100 short stories by Boccaccio)

Coordinate terms

• ventisettana

Derived terms

• decameroniano