Decameron

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Decameron (literally “ten days”), coined from Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (déka, “ten”) and ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkaməɹən/
(US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkæməɹən/, /dɪˈkæməɹɑn/

Proper noun

the Decameron

A collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.

Derived terms

Translations

collection of 100 novellas by Boccaccio

Albanian: Dekameroni m
Arabic: دِيكَامِيرُون‎ m (dīkāmīrūn)
Armenian: Դեկամերոն (Dekameron)
Basque: Dekamerona
Belarusian: Дэкамеро́н m (Dekamjerón)
Bengali: দেকামেরোন (dekameron)
Catalan: Decameró m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 十日談, 十日谈 (Shírìtán)
Esperanto: Dekamerono
Estonian: Dekameron
Finnish: Decamerone
French: Décaméron (fr) m
Georgian: დეკამერონი (deḳameroni)
German: Dekameron n
Greek: Δεκαήμερο n (Dekaḯmero), Δεκαήμερον n (Dekaḯmeron)
Hebrew: דֶקָאמֶרוֹן‎ m (Dekamerón), דֶקָאמֶרוֹנֶה‎ m (Dekameróne)

Hungarian: Dekameron (hu)
Italian: Decameron m, Decamerone m
Japanese: デカメロン (Dekameron)
Korean: 데카메론 (Dekameron)
Latvian: Dekamerons m
Malayalam: ഡെക്കാമറൺ (ḍekkāmaṟaṇ)
Norwegian: Dekameronen m
Persian: دکامرون‎ (dekâmeron)
Polish: Dekameron m
Portuguese: Decamerão m, Decameron m
Romanian: Decameronul m
Russian: Декамеро́н m (Dekamerón)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Декамѐро̄н m

Roman: Dekamèrōn (sh) m
Spanish: Decamerón m
Thai: ตำนานสิบราตรี (dtam-naan sìp raa-dtrii)

Anagrams

moderance

Italian

Alternative forms

Decamerone

Etymology

Literally “ten days”, coined from Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (déka, “ten”) and ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.ka.meˈrɔn/, /deˈka.me.ron/
Rhymes: -ɔn
Hyphenation: De‧ca‧me‧ròn

Proper noun

il Decameron m

Decameron (collection of 100 novellas by Boccaccio)

Coordinate terms

ventisettana

Derived terms

decameroniano

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