décadent
French, noun\de.ka.dɑ̃\
décadent is spelled D-É-C-A-D-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décadent is a French masculine noun meaning “decadent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un de ceux que l’on considère avoir vécu dans la décadence, ou dans une époque de décadence”.
What does décadent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
decaying, deteriorating, in decline
- 2
decadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)
noun
- 1
masculinedecadent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à ce que l'on considère comme époque de décadence. 2. Qui résulte de la décadence ou qui l’atteste. 3. Qui appartient au courant du décadentisme.
noun: 1. Un de ceux que l’on considère avoir vécu dans la décadence, ou dans une époque de décadence.
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 décadent
- décadente feminine
- décadents masculine plural
- décadentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décadent?
- \de.ka.dɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to décadent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décadent in French?
décadent appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).