décorum
French, noun/de.kɔ.ʁɔm/
décorum is spelled D-É-C-O-R-U-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,169th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décorum is a French masculine noun meaning “decorum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des bienséances à observer dans une bonne société”.
What does décorum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedecorum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des bienséances à observer dans une bonne société. 2. Étiquette à laquelle sont astreints les personnages officiels.
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 décorum
- décorums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décorum?
- /de.kɔ.ʁɔm/
- \de.kɔ.ʁɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to décorum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décorum in French?
décorum appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).