different between decon vs decor

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di?.k?n/

Noun

decon (countable and uncountable, plural decons)

1. Abbreviation of decontamination.

Verb

decon (third-person singular simple present decons, present participle deconning, simple past and past participle deconned)

1. Abbreviation of decontaminate.

Anagrams

• CODEN, Conde, coend, conde, coned, onced

English

Alternative forms

• décor

Etymology

From French décor

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?de?k??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??k??/
• Rhymes: -??(?) (American pronunciation)

Noun

decor (countable and uncountable, plural decors)

1. The style of decoration of a room or building.

   Her living room had a lush Persian-style decor.

2. A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.

Translations

Anagrams

• Coder, OCRed, coder, cored, credo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French décor, from Latin decor or decus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de??k?r/
• Hyphenation: de?cor
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

decor n (plural decors, diminutive decortje n)

1. stage setting, decor, scenery
2. decor; decoration

Derived terms

• decorbouw

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dekor
• ? Indonesian: dekor

References

Latin

Etymology

See decus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?de.kor/, [?d??k?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?de.kor/, [?d???k?r]

Noun

decor m (genitive dec?ris); third declension

1. elegance, grace
2. beauty, charm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• dec?rus

Descendants

• Russian: ?????? (dekór)

References

• decor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French décor.

Noun

decor n (plural decoruri)

1. decor

Declension