See also: décilitre English Alternative forms deciliter (US) Etymology From French décilitre, deci- + litre. Pronunciation (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛsɪliːtə(ɹ)/ Noun decilitre (plural decilitres) (metrology) An SI unit of fluid equal to 10−1 liters. Symbol: dl. 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 66:When the boy was admitted, Carter said, the haemoglobin count was 8.3 grams per decilitre. Synonyms dl Translations unit of volume Chinese: Mandarin: 分升 (zh) (fēnshēng) Czech: decilitr (cs) m Dutch: deciliter (nl) m Estonian: detsiliiter Finnish: desilitra (fi) French: décilitre (fr) m German: Deziliter (de) m or n Hungarian: deciliter (hu) Icelandic: desilítri m Italian: decilitro (it) m Japanese: デシリットル (ja) (desirittoru) Korean: 데시리터 (desiriteo) Malay: desiliter Polish: decylitr (pl) Portuguese: decilitro (pt) m Russian: децили́тр (ru) m (decilítr) Swedish: deciliter (sv) c Tagalog: desilitro Telugu: డెసీలీటరు (ḍesīlīṭaru) Thai: เดซิลิตร Anagrams deciliter Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.