décime

See also: decime and décimé

English

Noun

décime (plural décimes)

1. Alternative form of decime (“coin”)

Anagrams

• edemic

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.sim/

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Etymology 1

From Middle French decime, décime, decyme, borrowed from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Compare the inherited doublet dîme.

Noun

décime f (plural décimes)

1. (historical) a coin valued at one-tenth of a franc minted prior to 1815
2. (informal) a 10-centime coin, minted up to 1999 and bearing the same value

Related terms

• décimal
• décimer
• dix

Etymology 2

From décimer +‎ -e.

Verb

décime

1. inflection of décimer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative