"decent (acceptable, respectable)" in seven languages
Meaningdecent (acceptable, respectable)
Spanish
decente
/deˈθente/
learned
French
décent
/desɑ̃/
learned
Correct is the everyday word for 'decent, fair enough'.
Italian
decente
/deˈtʃɛnte/
learned
Portuguese
decente
/deˈsẽtʃi/
learned
Romanian
decent
/deˈtʃent/
learned
Catalan
decent
/dəˈsen/
learned
English
decent
/ˈdisənt/
from Latin/French · Middle French décent, from Latin
English → Italiandecent (acceptable, respectable)decenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DECENTEM‘fitting, proper’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From DECĒRE 'to be fitting'. The one Latin c comes out three ways: θ in Spain, s in France, tʃ in Italy.
English relatives: decency, decorum
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In a sentence
- esGana un sueldo decente.
- frIl gagne un salaire décent.
- itGuadagna uno stipendio decente.
- ptEle ganha um salário decente.
- roCâștigă un salariu decent.
- caGuanya un sou decent.
- enHe earns a decent salary.
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