décurion
French, noun/de.ky.ʁjɔ̃/
décurion is spelled D-É-C-U-R-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décurion is a French masculine noun meaning “decurion (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chef d’une décurie (groupe de dix) civile ou militaire”.
What does décurion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedecurion (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chef d’une décurie (groupe de dix) civile ou militaire. 2. Chacun des magistrats municipaux qui formaient le conseil des villes romaines.
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 décurion
- décurions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décurion?
- /de.ky.ʁjɔ̃/
- \de.ky.ʁjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to décurion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décurion in French?
décurion appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).