décadence
French, noun/de.ka.dɑ̃s/
décadence is spelled D-É-C-A-D-E-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décadence is a French feminine noun meaning “decadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dégradation, abaissement général des valeurs, des comportements que reconnaît une société, un peuple ou un…”.
What does décadence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)
- 2
femininedecline, decay (deterioration of condition)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dégradation, abaissement général des valeurs, des comportements que reconnaît une société, un peuple ou un pouvoir politique comme étant la norme à devoir respecter. 2. Dégradation, disparition, offense. 3. Derniers siècles de l’empire romain.
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 décadence
- décadences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décadence?
- /de.ka.dɑ̃s/
- \de.ka.dɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to décadence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décadence in French?
décadence appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).