decadência

See also: decadencia and decadència

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French décadence, from Late Latin decadentia, from decadens.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.kaˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ [de.kaˈdẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /de.kaˈdẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.kaˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ [de.kaˈdẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /de.kaˈdẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.kaˈdẽ.si.a/ [de.kaˈdẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /de.kaˈdẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.kɐˈdẽ.sjɐ/ [dɨ.kɐˈðẽ.sjɐ]

• Hyphenation: de‧ca‧dên‧ci‧a

Noun

decadência f (plural decadências)

1. decline, decay (deterioration of condition)
2. decadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)

Related terms

• decair
• decadente