decano

decano (plural decanos)

1. dean

• IPA^(key): /deˈka.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: de‧cà‧no

From Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”), from the one who was the leader of a group of ten.

decano m (plural decani)

1. (religion) dean
2. doyen

• dieci

From decile +‎ -ano.

decano m (plural decani)

1. (organic chemistry) decane

• decile

• caendo, cedano

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɛˈkaː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈkaː.no]

decānō

1. dative/ablative singular of decānus

• “decano”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decano”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• decano in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

• Hyphenation: de‧ca‧no

Borrowed from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Doublet of deão, which was borrowed from Old French.

decano m (plural decanos)

1. (ecclesiastical) dean (church dignitary)

   Synonym: deão

• dez

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decano m (plural decanos)

1. (organic chemistry) decane (aliphatic hydrocarbon isomer having the chemical formula C₁₀H₂₂)

• “decano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “decano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Doublet of deán (“dean”), which was borrowed from Old French, and of the archaic or rare Spanish degano (“head or administrator of a hacienda in the countryside”), which was inherited.

• IPA^(key): /deˈkano/ [d̪eˈka.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: de‧ca‧no

decano m (plural decanos, feminine decana, feminine plural decanas)

1. senior, eldest person
2. (organic chemistry) decane

• “decano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025