décision

See also: decision and decisión

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēcīsiōnem (“agreement; settlement”). Cognate with Catalan decisió, Italian decisione, Occitan decision, Portuguese decisão, Romanian decizie, Sardinian detzisione, Sicilian dicisioni, Spanish decisión.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.si.zjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

décision f (plural décisions)

1. decision

   Prendre une décision.

   Make a decision.

Related terms

• décider

References

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

Further reading

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