decor

See also: décor, decòr, and de cor

English

Alternative forms

• décor

Etymology

From French décor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪkɔː(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /deɪˈkoɹ/, /dɪˈkoɹ/, /ˈdeɪkoɹ/, /ˈdɛkoɹ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈdæekoː/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) (American pronunciation)

Noun

decor (countable and uncountable, plural decors)

1. The style of decoration of a room or building.

   Her living room had a lush Persian-style decor.

2. A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.

Derived terms

• cocaine decor

 

Translations

decoration

• Arabic: دِيكُور (dīkūr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裝飾風格／装饰风格 (zhuāngshì fēnggé), 佈置／布置 (zh) (bùzhì)

• Esperanto: dekoro
• Finnish: sisustus (fi)
• German: Dekor (de)
• Persian: دکور (fa) (dekor)
• Polish: wystrój (pl) m
• Portuguese: decoração (pt) f
• Russian: декора́ции (ru) f pl (dekorácii), оформле́ние (ru) n (oformlénije), убра́нство (ru) n (ubránstvo), отде́лка (ru) f (otdélka)
• Swedish: dekor (sv), inredningsstil c, inredning (sv)

stage setting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舞臺設置／舞台设置 (wǔtái shèzhì)

• Finnish: lavastus (fi)
• German: Dekor (de)
• Russian: сценогра́фия (ru) f (scenográfija), декора́ции (ru) f pl (dekorácii), оформле́ние (ru) n (oformlénije)
• Swedish: dekor (sv) c

Anagrams

• Coder, OCRed, coder, cored, credo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decōrum. Doublet of decòrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈkor]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [deˈkor]

Noun

decor m (plural decors)

1. décor, decoration, adornment
2. decorum, propriety

   Synonym: decòrum

Related terms

• decorar
• decoratiu
• decorós

 

Further reading

• “decor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French décor, from Latin decor or decus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːˈkɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: de‧cor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

decor n (plural decors, diminutive decortje n)

1. stage setting, decor, scenery
2. decor; decoration

Derived terms

• decorbouw

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dekor
• → Indonesian: dekor

Latin

Etymology

See decus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.kor/, [ˈd̪ɛkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.kor/, [ˈd̪ɛːkor]

Noun

decor m (genitive decōris); third declension

1. elegance, grace
2. beauty, charm

   Synonyms: pulchritūdō, faciēs, decus

   Antonyms: dēdecus, dehonestāmentum

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	decor	decōrēs
Genitive	decōris	decōrum
Dative	decōrī	decōribus
Accusative	decōrem	decōrēs
Ablative	decōre	decōribus
Vocative	decor	decōrēs

Derived terms

• decōrus

Descendants

• → French: décor
  • → Dutch: decor
    • Afrikaans: dekor
    • → Indonesian: dekor
  • → English: decor, décor
  • → German: Dekor
    • → Polish: dekor
  • → Greek: ντεκόρ (ntekór)
  • → Italian: decoro
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: dekor
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: dekor
  • → Romanian: decor
  • → Russian: декор (dekor)
  • → Turkish: dekor

References

• “decor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décor.

Noun

decor n (plural decoruri)

1. decor

Declension

Declension of decor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) decor	decorul	(niște) decoruri	decorurile
genitive/dative	(unui) decor	decorului	(unor) decoruri	decorurilor
vocative	decorule		decorurilor