decade.
a décade, 'week' of ten days in the French republican calendar; hence any ten consecutive days
Meaning & usage
a décade, 'week' of ten days in the French republican calendar; hence any ten consecutive days
a set of ten book volumes, as part of a larger opus
a decade, period of ten years
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French décade (“period of ten days”), cognate with German Dekade etc. In the sense “period of ten days” influenced by English decade; this meaning is seldom found outside poor translations from English.
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