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décadi

décadi noun: the tenth day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar, superseding Sunday as a day of rest.

Noun

décadi (plural décadis)

  1. (historical) The tenth day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar, superseding Sunday as a day of rest.
    • [T]he gladness I have felt in France on a Sunday, or decadi, which I caught from the faces around me, was a sentiment more truly religious than all the stupid silliness which the streets of London ever inspired where the Sabbath is so decorously observed.1796, Mary Wollstonecraft, Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Oxford, published 2009, page 59

Forms of décadi

pluraldécadis
alternative formdecadi

Origin of décadi

From French décadi.

Questions about décadi

What does décadi mean?
Décadi means the tenth day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar, superseding Sunday as a day of rest.
What part of speech is décadi?
Décadi is a noun.
What is the plural of décadi?
The plural of décadi is décadis.

Words near décadi in the dictionary

  1. débuts
  2. débâcle
  3. débâcles
  4. décadent
  5. décadents
  6. décadi
  7. décadis
  8. décima
  9. décimas
  10. décime
  11. décimes

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