décime

See also: decime and décimé

English

Etymology

From French décime.

Noun

décime (plural décimes)

1. Alternative form of decime

Anagrams

• edemic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decimus. Compare the inherited doublet dîme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.sim/

• Audio:

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Noun

décime f (plural décimes)

1. (historical) a coin valued at one-tenth of a franc minted prior to 1815
2. (informal) a 10-centime coin, minted up to 1999 and bearing the same value

Related terms

• décimal
• décimer
• dix

Verb

décime

1. inflection of décimer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “décime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.