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deca- en · X

Pronunciation

  • /dɛkə-/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca- Borrowed from French déca-, from Late Latin decas (“(set of) ten”), from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás), from δέκα (déka, “ten”).

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Ten.
    • deca- + -gon → decagon
  2. (morpheme) In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by ten. Symbol: da

Relateds

deka- · deka- · dec-//dek- · number

Synonyms

decem-//deci-

Translations (36)

de deka- (ten) · pl deka- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · be дэка- (ten) · hu deka- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · gl deca- (ten) · ms deka- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · el δεκα- (ten) · id deka- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · pt deca- (ten) · gl deca- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · pl deka- (ten) · cs deka- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · id dasa- (ten) · vi đê-ca (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · hi दश- (ten) · fr déca- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · cs deseti- (ten) · ru дека- (ten) · be дэка- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · id deka- (ten) · el δεκα- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · bg дека- (ten) · nl deca- (ten) · fi deka- (ten) · nl deca- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · es deca- (ten) · th เดคา- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · vi đề-ca (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · ru дека- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · fr déca- (ten) · de deka- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · th ทศ- (ten) · bg дека- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · fi deka- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · pt deca- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10) · es deca- (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10)

wikipedia: number prefix