decima

See also: Decima, décima, and dècima

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛsɪmə/

Etymology 1

From Latin decima (“a tenth”), now particularly via Italian decima.

Noun

decima (plural decimas)

  1. (generally obsolete) A tenth, particularly
    1. A tithe or tax of one-tenth (now usually in historical Italian contexts).
      • 1988, Renaissance Studies, Vol. 2, p. 195
        He brandished his title as apostolic commissioner in court, and as supervisor of the papal decima in Tuscany.
    2. (obsolete, music) A tenth: a note nine degrees of the scale above or below a given note (and thus ten degrees separate counting inclusively) or the interval between such notes.
    3. (music) An organ stop a tenth above the normal 8-foot pitch.
Synonyms
  • (generally) See tenth
  • (tithe): See tithe
  • (musical note or interval): See tenth
  • (organ stop): double-tierce, great-tierce

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish décima, from Latin decima (“a tenth”)

Alternative forms

Noun

decima (plural decimas)

  1. (poetry) A 10-line verse or stanza, (chiefly) in the form of a song comprising an introductory verse followed by four such divisions.
    • 2008 December 4, New York Times, C8:
      His album... dealt with the song form of Puerto Rican back-country troubadours, and it had a preoccupation with... the décima, a 10-line stanza with specific rhyme schemes.

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Interlingua

Noun

decima (plural decimas)

  1. dime
  2. tithe

Italian

Etymology

From Latin decima, feminine of decimus.

Noun

decima f (plural decime)

  1. tithe
  2. feminine equivalent of decimo

Adjective

decima

  1. feminine singular of decimo

Verb

decima

  1. third-person singular present of decimare
  2. second-person singular imperative of decimare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

For decima pars, from decimus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈde.ki.ma/, [ˈdɛ.kɪ.ma]

Verb

decimā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of decimō

Noun

decima f (genitive decimae); first declension

  1. tithe
  2. tenth part
  3. tenth hour

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative decima decimae
genitive decimae decimārum
dative decimae decimīs
accusative decimam decimās
ablative decimā decimīs
vocative decima decimae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: decima
  • Friulian: diesime
  • Italian: decima
  • Portuguese: dízima, décima
  • Russian: де́цима (décima)

References

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