decorum

See also: décorum

English

Etymology

From Latin decōrus (“proper, decent”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɔːɹəm/
Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm
Hyphenation: de‧co‧rum

Noun

decorum (countable and uncountable, plural decorums)

(uncountable) Appropriate social behavior; propriety
- 2010 — Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like, ch. 4
  It was sort of a finishing school. You know, to teach proper social decorum and so on and so forth.
(countable) A convention of social behavior

Related terms

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dainty' title='dainty'>dainty</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/decor' title='decor'>decor</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/decorous' title='decorous'>decorous</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/decorum' title='decorum'>decorum</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/deign' title='deign'>deign</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dignity' title='dignity'>dignity</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/indecorous' title='indecorous'>indecorous</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pandect' title='pandect'>pandect</a>

Translations

appropriate social behavior; propriety

Bulgarian: благоприличие (bg) n (blagopriličie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 體統 (zh), 体统 (zh) (tǐtǒng), 端正 (zh) (duānzhèng)
Finnish: hyvä käytös
French: décorum (fr) m
Georgian: დეკორუმი (deḳorumi), ეტიკეტი (eṭiḳeṭi), წესიერება (c̣esiereba), ღირსეულობა (ɣirseuloba), ზრდილობა (zrdiloba), ზრდილობის წესები (zrdilobis c̣esebi)
German: Anstand (de) m, Etikette (de) f, Schicklichkeit (de) f, Anständigkeit (de) f, guter Ton m
Greek:
Ancient: εὐσχημοσύνη f (euskhēmosúnē)

Hungarian: illem (hu), illendőség (hu), tisztesség (hu)
Japanese: 礼儀 (ja) (れいぎ, reigi)), 端正さ (ja) (たんせいさ, tansei-sa), 礼儀正しさ (ja) (れいぎただしさ, reigi tadashisa)
Latin: decōrum n
Manx: beasaght f
Portuguese: decoro (pt)
Romanian: cuviință (ro), cădere (ro), decență (ro)
Russian: благопристо́йность (ru) f (blagopristójnostʹ), деко́рум (ru) m (dɛkórum) (literary), прили́чие (ru) n (prilíčije), благоприли́чие (ru) n (blagoprilíčije)
Spanish: decoro (es), pundonor (es)

a convention of social behavior

Bulgarian: етикет (bg) m (etiket)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 禮儀 (zh), 礼仪 (zh) (lǐyí)
Finnish: etiketti (fi)

German: Anstandsregel f, Anstandsregeln pl, Konventionen (de) pl, Konvention (de) f
Hungarian: illemszabály, szokás (hu), konvenció (hu)
Japanese: 礼儀作法 (れいぎさほう, reigi sahō), 礼儀 (ja) (れいぎ, reigi)
Russian: этике́т (ru) m (etikét), пра́вила поведе́ния n pl (právila povedénija)

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} decoro (it) m

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deˈkoː.rum/, [dɛˈkoː.rũ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈko.rum/, [deˈkoː.rum]

Etymology 1

Noun use of the neuter form of decōrus (“becoming, fitting, proper”).

Noun

decōrum n (genitive decōrī); second declension

seemliness, propriety

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	decōrum	decōra
Genitive	decōrī	decōrōrum
Dative	decōrō	decōrīs
Accusative	decōrum	decōra
Ablative	decōrō	decōrīs
Vocative	decōrum	decōra

Descendants

English: decorum
French: décorum

Italian: decoro
Portuguese: decoro

References

decorum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
decorum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

decōrum

nominative neuter singular of decōrus
accusative masculine singular of decōrus
accusative neuter singular of decōrus
vocative neuter singular of decōrus

Noun

decōrum

genitive plural of decor

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