decaimento

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese decair

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old Galician-Portuguese -mento

Portuguese -mento

Portuguese decaimento

From decair + -mento.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽtu

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.ka.iˈmẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.kɐ.iˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: de‧ca‧i‧men‧to

Noun

decaimento m (plural decaimentos)

1. decay

Related terms

• decadência

Further reading

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