deces

See also: décès

Galician

Verb

deces

1. second-person singular present indicative of decer

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French deces, from Latin decessus.

Noun

deces m (plural deces)

1. death

Related terms

• deceder
• decedé

Descendants

• French: décès
  • → Romanian: deces

Old French

Alternative forms

• decés (scholarly)
• deceps
• decet
• dechoiz
• deçois

Etymology

From Latin dēcessus.

Noun

deces oblique singular, m (oblique plural deces, nominative singular deces, nominative plural deces)

1. death

Descendants

• → English: decease
• Middle French: deces
  • French: décès
    • → Romanian: deces

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décès, from Latin decessus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃes/
• Rhymes: -es
• Hyphenation: de‧ces

Noun

deces n (plural decese)

1. cessation of life, death (of a person)

   Synonyms: moarte, răposare

   Antonym: naștere

Declension

Declension of deces

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	deces	decesul		decese	decesele
genitive-dative	deces	decesului		decese	deceselor
vocative	decesule			deceselor

Further reading

• “deces”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025