decência

See also: decencia and decència

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁yéti

Proto-Italic *dekējeti

Proto-Italic *dekēt

Latin decet

Latin decēns

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin decentialbor.

Galician decência

Learned borrowing from Latin decentia.

Noun

decência f (plural decências)

1. decency (the quality of being decent)

Derived terms

• indecência

Related terms

• decente
• indecente

Further reading

• “decência”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁yéti

Proto-Italic *dekējeti

Proto-Italic *dekēt

Latin decet

Latin decēns

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin decentialbor.

Portuguese decência

Learned borrowing from Latin decentia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [deˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /deˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [deˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /deˈsẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsẽ.si.a/ [deˈsẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /deˈsẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
• Hyphenation: de‧cên‧ci‧a

Noun

decência f (plural decências)

1. decency (the quality of being decent)

Derived terms

• indecência

Related terms

• decente
• indecente

Further reading

• “decência”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “decência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026