decenio

See also: decénio and decênio

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decennium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈθenjo/
• IPA^(key): /deˈsenjo/ (Benasquese)
• Rhymes: -enjo
• Syllabification: de‧ce‧nio

Noun

decenio m (plural decenios)

1. decade

   Synonym: decada

Further reading

• “decenio”, in Diccionario ortografico de l’aragonés (seguntes la PO de l’EFA)‎^[1], Zaragoza: EDACAR, 2023, →ISSN

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Italic *dekəm

Latin decem

Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂etnós

Proto-Italic *atnos?

Latin annus

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.?

Proto-Italic *-is

Latin -is

Latin decennis

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin decenniumbor.

Galician decenio

Borrowed from Latin decennium.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /deˈθɛnjo/ [d̪eˈθɛ.njʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /deˈθɛnjo/ [d̪eˈθɛ.njʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /deˈsɛnjo/ [d̪eˈsɛ.njʊ]

• Rhymes: -ɛnjo
• Hyphenation: de‧ce‧nio

Noun

decenio m (plural decenios)

1. decade

   Synonym: década

Further reading

• “decenio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Italic *dekəm

Latin decem

Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂etnós

Proto-Italic *atnos?

Latin annus

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.?

Proto-Italic *-is

Latin -is

Latin decennis

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin decenniumbor.

Spanish decenio

Borrowed from Latin decennium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈθenjo/ [d̪eˈθe.njo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /deˈsenjo/ [d̪eˈse.njo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enjo
• Syllabification: de‧ce‧nio

Noun

decenio m (plural decenios)

1. decade

   Synonym: década

Further reading

• “decenio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025