deca

From deca-, from Latin decas (“ten”), from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás, “10”). Sense 1 is a clipping of decanoate.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkə/
• Rhymes: -ɛkə
• Homophone: decker (non-rhotic)

deca (countable and uncountable, plural decas)

2. (bodybuilding slang, uncountable) The anabolic steroid nandrolone decanoate.
3. (sports) Clipping of decathlon.

• aced, CEDA, cade, Cade, dace, -cade, ecad

From deci +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdet͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -et͡sa
• Syllabification: de‧ca

deca (accusative singular decan, plural decaj, accusative plural decajn)

1. fitting, proper

• konvena
• taŭga

From Latin decās.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Hyphenation: dè‧ca

deca f (plural deche)

1. decade

   Synonym: decade

2. (obsolete) 10,000 lire banknote

• deca-

• deca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• cade, ceda

• Hyphenation: de‧ca

deca m (plural decas)

1. (informal) clipping of decalitro (“decaliter/decalitre”)

• deca-
• decá

• “deca”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026
• “deca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• djèca, đèca (Ijekavian)
• dìca (Ikavian)

From Proto-Slavic *dětьca.

dèca n (Cyrillic spelling дѐца) (Ekavian)

1. (collective) children

For the singular sense, the word déte is used.