decadent

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• /ˈdɛkədənt/
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From French décadent, a back-formation from décadence (see -ent), from Medieval Latin dēcadentia, from Late Latin dēcadēns, present participle of dēcadō, dēcidō (“sink, fall; perish”), from Latin dē- + cadō (“fall”).

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: упадъчен (upadǎčen) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Catalan: decadent — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Chinese Mandarin: 腐朽 (fǔxiǔ) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Chinese Mandarin: 糜爛 /糜烂 (mílàn) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Chinese Mandarin: 頹廢 /颓废 (tuífèi) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Czech: dekadentní — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Finnish: rappeutunut — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Finnish: turmeltunut — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Finnish: dekadentti — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• French: décadent — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• German: dekadent — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Hindi: पतनोन्मुख (patnonmukh) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Hindi: ह्रासोन्मुख (hrāsonmukh) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Hindi: अपकर्षी (apkarṣī) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Hindi: पतनोमुख (patnomukh) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Hungarian: dekadens — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Icelandic: hnignandi — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Icelandic: hrörnandi — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Icelandic: spilltur — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Icelandic: úrkynjaður — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Indonesian: dekaden — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Irish: meatach — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Italian: decadente — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Polish: dekadencki — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Romanian: decadent — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Russian: упа́дочный (upádočnyj) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Russian: упа́дочнический (upádočničeskij) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Russian: декаде́нтский (dekadéntskij) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Spanish: decadente — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Tagalog: namumulok — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• Thai: เสื่อมโทรม (sʉ̀ʉam-soom) — characterized by moral or cultural decline
• German: dekadent — luxuriously self-indulgent
• Irish: peacúil — luxuriously self-indulgent
• Korean: 흥청망청 (heungcheongmangcheong) — luxuriously self-indulgent
• Spanish: inmoderado — luxuriously self-indulgent
• Spanish: vicioso — luxuriously self-indulgent
• Bulgarian: декадент (dekadent) — person affected by moral decay
• French: décadent — person affected by moral decay
• French: décadente — person affected by moral decay
• Hindi: पतित (patit) — person affected by moral decay
• Italian: decadentista — person affected by moral decay
• Russian: декаде́нт (dekadént) — person affected by moral decay
• Russian: декаде́нтка (dekadéntka) — person affected by moral decay
• Thai: คนเสื่อม (kon-sʉ̀ʉam) — person affected by moral decay