decalcomania
/diːˌkælkəˈmeɪnɪə/noun
decalcomania is a noun meaning “The process of transferring decorative designs onto surfaces using decals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-C-A-L-C-O-M-A-N-I-A, and it appears about once in every 55 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of decalcomania is decalcomanias.
What does decalcomania mean?
noun
- 1
The process of transferring decorative designs onto surfaces using decals.
- 2
A decal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce decalcomania?
- UK /diːˌkælkəˈmeɪnɪə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-decalcomania.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of decalcomania
- decalcomanias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is decalcomania?
Decalcomania appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Decalcomania in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the process of transferring designs onto surfaces using decals:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | décalcomanie |
| German | Abziehbild |
| Portuguese | decalcomania |
| Spanish | decalcomanía, calcomanía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does decalcomania come from?
Borrowed from French décalcomanie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).