Decade

For other senses of this word, see decade (disambiguation).

A decade is a period of ten years. The word is derived (via French) from the Late Latin decadem, accusative of decas, from Greek decas, from deca. The other words for spans of years also come from Latin: lustrum (5 years), century (100 years), millennium (1000 years). The term usually refers to a period of ten years starting at a multiple of ten. For example, "the 1950s" refers to 1950 through to 1959 (inclusive). In English, "decade" can also be used to specify any period of ten years. For example, "During his last decade, Mozart explored chromatic harmony to a degree rare at the time".

See also

List of decades
Century
Millennium

Translation

The word "Decade" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Simple English.

Translation(s) in other languages: Alemannic: Jahrzehnt, Aragonese: Dezenio, Min Nan: Cha̍p-nî-kí, Belarusian (Taraškievica): Дзесяцігодзьдзі, Bosnian: Decenija, Catalan: Dècada, Danish: Årti, German: Jahrzehnt, Estonian: Aastakümned, Spanish: Década, Esperanto: Jardekoj, Basque: Hamarkada, Persian: دهه, French: Décennie, West Frisian: Desennium, Galician: Década, Korean: 연대 (연도), Croatian: Desetljeće, Ido: Yardeko, Indonesian: Dasawarsa, Icelandic: Áratugur, Italian: Decennio, Georgian: ათწლეული, Haitian: Deseni, Latin: Decennium, Latvian: Desmitgade, Lithuanian: Dešimtmečiai, Lojban: dekna'a, Malayalam: ദശാബ്ദങ്ങള്‍, Malay: Dekad, Nahuatl: Mahtlācxihuitl, Dutch: Decennium, Japanese: 10年紀, Norwegian (Bokmål): Tiår, Norwegian (Nynorsk): Tiår, Polish: Dziesięciolecie, Portuguese: Década, Romanian: Decenii, Russian: Десятилетие, Sakha: Уон сыл, Albanian: Dekada, Slovenian: Desetletje, Serbian: Десетлеће, Finnish: Vuosikymmen, Swedish: Decennium, Tamil: பத்தாண்டு, Thai: ทศวรรษ, Ukrainian: Десятиліття, Vietnamese: Thập kỷ, Chinese: 年代.