decor

See also: décor, decòr, and de cor

English

Alternative forms

• décor

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁yéti

Proto-Italic *dekējeti

Proto-Italic *dekēt

Latin decet

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin decorlbor.

French décorbor.

English decor

Borrowed from French décor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪkɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /deɪˈkoɹ/, /dɪˈkoɹ/, /ˈdeɪkoɹ/, /ˈdɛkoɹ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈdæekoː/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Noun

decor (countable and uncountable, plural decors)

1. The style of decoration of a room or building.

   Her living room had a lush Persian-style decor.

2. A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.

Derived terms

• cocaine decor

Translations

decoration

• Arabic: دِيكُور (dīkūr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裝飾風格 / 装饰风格 (zhuāngshì fēnggé), 佈置 / 布置 (zh) (bùzhì)

• Esperanto: dekoro
• Finnish: sisustus (fi)
• German: Dekor (de)
• Persian: دکور (fa) (dekor)
• Polish: wystrój (pl) m
• Portuguese: decoração (pt) f
• Russian: декора́ции (ru) f pl (dekorácii), оформле́ние (ru) n (oformlénije), убра́нство (ru) n (ubránstvo), отде́лка (ru) f (otdélka)
• Swedish: dekor (sv), inredningsstil c, inredning (sv)

stage setting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舞臺設置 / 舞台设置 (wǔtái shèzhì)

• Finnish: lavastus (fi)
• German: Dekor (de)
• Russian: сценогра́фия (ru) f (scenográfija), декора́ции (ru) f pl (dekorácii), оформле́ние (ru) n (oformlénije)
• Swedish: dekor (sv) c

Anagrams

• OCRed, Coder, credo, cored, coder, Dorce

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decōrum. Doublet of decòrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [dəˈkur]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [dəˈkor]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [deˈkor]

Noun

decor m (plural decors)

1. décor, decoration, adornment
2. decorum, propriety

   Synonym: decòrum

Related terms

• decorar
• decoratiu
• decorós

Further reading

• “decor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French décor, from Latin decor or decus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːˈkɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: de‧cor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

decor n (plural decors, diminutive decortje n)

1. stage setting, decor, scenery
2. decor; decoration

Derived terms

• decorbouw

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dekor
• → Indonesian: dekor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁yéti

Proto-Italic *dekējeti

Proto-Italic *dekēt

Latin decet

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin decor

From decet + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛ.kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.kor]

Noun

decor m (genitive decōris); third declension

1. elegance, grace
2. beauty, charm

   Synonyms: pulchritūdō, faciēs, decus

   Antonyms: dēdecus, dehonestāmentum

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	decor	decōrēs
genitive	decōris	decōrum
dative	decōrī	decōribus
accusative	decōrem	decōrēs
ablative	decōre	decōribus
vocative	decor	decōrēs

Derived terms

• decōrus

Descendants

• → French: décor (see there for further descendants)
• → Italian: decoro
• → Spanish: decoro

References

• “decor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “decor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décor.

Noun

decor n (plural decoruri)

1. decor

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	decor	decorul	decoruri	decorurile
genitive-dative	decor	decorului	decoruri	decorurilor
vocative	decorule		decorurilor