decima

See also: Decima, décima, and dècima

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsɪmə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin decima (“a tenth”), now particularly via Italian decima. Doublet of decim, decime, and dime.

Noun

decima (plural decimas)

1. (generally obsolete) A tenth, particularly
   1. A tithe or tax of one-tenth (now usually in historical Italian contexts).
      • 1988, Renaissance Studies, volume 2, page 195:

        He brandished his title as apostolic commissioner in court, and as supervisor of the papal decima in Tuscany.

   2. (obsolete, music) A tenth: a note nine degrees of the scale above or below a given note (and thus ten degrees separate counting inclusively) or the interval between such notes.
   3. (music) An organ stop a tenth above the normal 8-foot pitch.

Synonyms

• (generally) See tenth
• (tithe): See tithe
• (musical note or interval): See tenth
• (organ stop): double-tierce, great-tierce

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish décima, from Latin decima (“a tenth”). Doublet of decim, decime, and dime.

Alternative forms

• décima

Noun

decima (plural decimas)

1. (poetry) A 10-line verse or stanza, (chiefly) in the form of a song comprising an introductory verse followed by four such divisions.
   • 2008 December 4, New York Times, C8:

     His album... dealt with the song form of Puerto Rican back-country troubadours, and it had a preoccupation with... the décima, a 10-line stanza with specific rhyme schemes.

Anagrams

• McAdie, ice dam

Galician

Verb

decima

1. inflection of decimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Noun

decima (plural decimas)

1. dime
2. tithe

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin decima, feminine of decimus.

Noun

decima f (plural decime)

1. tithe
2. female equivalent of decimo

Adjective

decima

1. feminine singular of decimo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

decima

1. inflection of decimare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• demica, medica

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis of decima pars / hōra.

Pronunciation

• decima:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛ.kɪ.ma]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.t͡ʃi.ma]
• decimā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛ.kɪ.maː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.t͡ʃi.ma]

Noun

decima f (genitive decimae); first declension

1. tithe
2. tenth part
3. tenth hour

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	decima	decimae
genitive	decimae	decimārum
dative	decimae	decimīs
accusative	decimam	decimās
ablative	decimā	decimīs
vocative	decima	decimae

Derived terms

• decimō

Descendants

• → Middle French: decime, décime
  • > French: décime (inherited)
• Friulian: diesime
• → Italian: decima
  • → Piedmontese: decima
• Old Piedmontese: dezma
• Portuguese: dízima
• → English: decima
• → Russian: де́цима (décima)

Adjective

decima

1. inflection of decimus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

decimā

1. ablative feminine singular of decimus

Verb

decimā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of decimō

References

• “decima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decima”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "decima", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “decima”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décimer, Latin decimare.

Verb

a decima (third-person singular present decimează, past participle decimat) 1st conjugation

1. to decimate

Conjugation

    conjugation of decima (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a decima
gerund			decimând
past participle			decimat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	decimez	decimezi	decimează	decimăm	decimați	decimează
	imperfect	decimam	decimai	decima	decimam	decimați	decimau
	simple perfect	decimai	decimași	decimă	decimarăm	decimarăți	decimară
	pluperfect	decimasem	decimaseși	decimase	decimaserăm	decimaserăți	decimaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să decimez	să decimezi	să decimeze	să decimăm	să decimați	să decimeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		decimează			decimați
	negative		nu decima			nu decimați