Decameron
/dɪˈkaməɹən/US/dɪˈkæməɹən/
Decameron proper noun: a collection of 100 short stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.
Proper noun
the Decameron
- A collection of 100 short stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.
Decameron meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Arabic and Persian
Decameron in Bengali
- collection of 100 short stories by Boccaccio
- দেকামেরোন dekamerōn
Decameron in Malayalam
- collection of 100 short stories by Boccaccio
- ഡെക്കാമറൺ ḍekkāmaṟaṇ
Decameron in Arabic
- collection of 100 short stories by Boccaccio
- دِيكَامِيرُون dīkāmīrūn
Decameron in Persian
- collection of 100 short stories by Boccaccio
- دکامرون dekâmeron
More languagesFewer languages
- Decameron in Thai
- ตำนานสิบราตรี dtam-naan sìp raa-dtrii
Origin of Decameron
Borrowed from Italian Decameron (literally “ten days”), coined from Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”) and ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).
Words formed from Decameron
Questions about Decameron
- What does Decameron mean?
- Decameron means a collection of 100 short stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.
- What is Decameron in Bengali?
- Decameron in Bengali is দেকামেরোন (dekamerōn). See Decameron meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is Decameron?
- Decameron is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Decameron?
- Decameron is pronounced /dɪˈkaməɹən/ (UK).
Words near Decameron in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Decameron (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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