décadaire
French, adjective/de.ka.dɛʁ/
décadaire is spelled D-É-C-A-D-A-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décadaire is a French adjective meaning “of a period of ten days, occurring every ten days” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui correspond à une période de dix jours, ou qui a lieu tous les dix jours”.
What does décadaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of a period of ten days, occurring every ten days
- 2
of the decades of the Republican calendar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui correspond à une période de dix jours, ou qui a lieu tous les dix jours. 2. Relatif aux décades du calendrier républicain. 3. Qualificatif donné à une église républicaine établie sous la Révolution.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of décadaire
- décadaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décadaire?
- /de.ka.dɛʁ/
- \de.ka.dɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is décadaire in French?
décadaire appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).