decorum

English

Etymology

From Latin decōrus (“proper, decent”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈkɔːɹəm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm
• Hyphenation: de‧co‧rum

Noun

decorum (countable and uncountable; plural decorums)

1. (uncountable) Appropriate social behavior; propriety
   • 2010 — Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like, ch. 4

     It was sort of a finishing school. You know, to teach proper social decorum and so on and so forth.

2. (countable) A convention of social behavior

Related terms

• decorous

Translations

appropriate social behavior; propriety

• Bulgarian: благоприличие (bg) n (blagopriličie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 體統 (cmn), 体统 (cmn) (tǐtǒng), 端正 (cmn) (duānzhèng)

• Finnish: hyvä käytös (fi)
• French: décorum (fr) m
• German: Anstand (de) m
• Japanese: 礼儀 (ja) (れいぎ, reigi)), 端正さ (ja) (たんせいさ, tansei-sa), 礼儀正しさ (ja) (れいぎただしさ, reigi tadashisa)

• Latin: decōrum (la) n
• Manx: beasaght (gv) f
• Portuguese: decoro (pt)
• Romanian: cuviință (ro), cădere (ro), decență (ro)
• Russian: благопристойность (ru) (blagopristójnostʹ) f , декорум (ru) (dekórum) m  (bookish), приличие (ru) (prilíčije) n , благоприличие (ru) (blagoprilíčije) n 
• Spanish: decoro (es), pundonor (es)

a convention of social behavior

• Bulgarian: етикет (bg) m (etiket)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禮儀 (cmn), 礼仪 (cmn) (lǐyí)

• Finnish: etiketti (fi)

• Japanese: 礼儀作法 (ja) (れいぎさほう, reigi sahō), 礼儀 (ja) (れいぎ, reigi)
• Russian: этикет (ru) (etikét) m , правила поведения (ru) (právila povedénija) n pl 

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• Italian: decoro m

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Latin

Noun

decōrum

1. genitive plural of decor

Adjective

decōrum

1. nominative neuter singular of decōrus
2. accusative masculine singular of decōrus
3. accusative neuter singular of decōrus
4. vocative neuter singular of decōrus