decorum

See also: décorum

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin decōrus (“proper, decent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɔːɹəm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm
• Hyphenation: de‧co‧rum

Noun

decorum (countable and uncountable, plural decorums)

1. (uncountable) Appropriate social behavior; propriety
   • 2010 — Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like, ch. 4

     It was sort of a finishing school. You know, to teach proper social decorum and so on and so forth.

2. (countable) A convention of social behavior

Translations

appropriate social behavior; propriety

• Bulgarian: благоприличие (bg) n (blagopriličie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 體統／体统 (zh) (tǐtǒng), 体统 (zh) (tǐtǒng), 端正 (zh) (duānzhèng)

• Finnish: hyvä käytös, säädyllisyys (fi), käytöstavat
• French: décorum (fr) m
• Georgian: დეკორუმი (deḳorumi), ეტიკეტი (eṭiḳeṭi), წესიერება (c̣esiereba), ღირსეულობა (ɣirseuloba), ზრდილობა (zrdiloba), ზრდილობის წესები (zrdilobis c̣esebi)
• German: Anstand (de) m, Etikette (de) f, Schicklichkeit (de) f, Anständigkeit (de) f, guter Ton m
• Greek:

  Ancient: εὐσχημοσύνη f (euskhēmosúnē)

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• Hungarian: illem (hu), illendőség (hu), tisztesség (hu)
• Japanese: 礼儀 (ja) (れいぎ, reigi)), 端正さ (ja) (たんせいさ, tansei-sa), 礼儀正しさ (ja) (れいぎただしさ, reigi tadashisa)
• Latin: decōrum n
• Manx: beasaght f
• Portuguese: decoro (pt)
• Romanian: cuviință (ro), cădere (ro), decență (ro)
• Russian: благопристо́йность (ru) f (blagopristójnostʹ), деко́рум (ru) m (dɛkórum) (literary), прили́чие (ru) n (prilíčije), благоприли́чие (ru) n (blagoprilíčije)
• Spanish: decoro (es), pundonor (es)

a convention of social behavior

• Bulgarian: етикет (bg) m (etiket)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禮儀／礼仪 (zh) (lǐyí), 礼仪 (zh) (lǐyí)

• Finnish: etiketti (fi)
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• German: Anstandsregel f, Anstandsregeln pl, Konventionen (de) pl, Konvention (de) f
• Hungarian: illemszabály, szokás (hu), konvenció (hu)
• Japanese: 礼儀作法 (れいぎさほう, reigi sahō), 礼儀 (ja) (れいぎ, reigi)
• Russian: этике́т (ru) m (etikét), пра́вила поведе́ния n pl (právila povedénija)

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} decoro (it) m
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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈkoː.rum/, [d̪ɛˈkoːrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈko.rum/, [d̪eˈkɔːrum]

Etymology 1

Noun use of the neuter form of decōrus (“becoming, fitting, proper”).

Noun

decōrum n (genitive decōrī); second declension

1. seemliness, propriety

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	decōrum	decōra
Genitive	decōrī	decōrōrum
Dative	decōrō	decōrīs
Accusative	decōrum	decōra
Ablative	decōrō	decōrīs
Vocative	decōrum	decōra

Descendants

Descendants

• English: decorum
• French: décorum

• Italian: decoro
• Portuguese: decoro
• Spanish: decoro

References

• “decorum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decorum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) decōrum

1. nominative neuter singular of decōrus
2. accusative masculine singular of decōrus
3. accusative neuter singular of decōrus
4. vocative neuter singular of decōrus

Noun

(deprecated template usage) decōrum

1. genitive plural of decor