décor

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See also: decor, decòr, and de cor

English

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French décor.

Noun

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décor (countable and uncountable, plural décors)

  1. Alternative spelling of decor
    • 2024 March 20, Greg Morse, “XP64: the train the [sic] [that] launched a new style”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 47:
      Yet Mrs Allen found much favour with the décor of the new vehicles. She also agreed that the levels of comfort were "immeasurably higher" than she had previously found.

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin decor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.kɔʁ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Noun

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décor m (plural décors)

  1. decor, decoration
  2. (theater) set, location
  3. scenery, backdrop
    rouler dans le décor
    to drive one's vehicle into something off the road

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: decor
    • Afrikaans: dekor
    • Indonesian: dekor
  • English: decor, décor
  • German: Dekor
  • Greek: ντεκόρ (ntekór)
  • Italian: decoro
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dekor
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dekor
  • Romanian: decor
  • Russian: декор (dekor)
  • Turkish: dekor

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