decadente

decadente (comparative plus decadente, superlative le plus decadente)

1. decadent

From Late Latin dēcadentem, from dēcadō, or from Italian decadenza.

• IPA^(key): /de.kaˈdɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: de‧ca‧dèn‧te

decadente (plural decadenti)

1. present participle of decadere

decadente (plural decadenti)

1. decaying, deteriorating, in decline
2. decadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)

• decadere
• decadenza

• Hyphenation: de‧ca‧den‧te

decadente m or f (plural decadentes)

1. decaying, deteriorating, in decline
2. decadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)

• decadência
• decair

• “decadente” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from Late Latin decadentem, from decadō, or from Spanish decadencia. Compare French décadent.

• IPA^(key): /dekaˈdente/ [d̪e.kaˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: de‧ca‧den‧te

decadente m or f (masculine and feminine plural decadentes)

1. decaying, deteriorating, in decline
2. decadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)

• “decadente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014