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decal

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdiː.kæl/
  • UK: /ˈdɛkəl/
  • Australian, Canada, Central, US: /ˈdiːkæl/
  • Australian, Canada, Central, US: /dɪˈkæl/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, Western: /ˈdɛkəl/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with (US, Central Canada, General Australian) -æl
  • rhymes with (Western Canada) -ɛkəl

1

noun

Meaning 1

A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A decorative sticker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A texture overlaid on another texture to provide extra details.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To apply decals to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: decalcomania

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: design, pattern, figure, transfer paper

History

Etymology

Clipping of decalcomania.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ваденка (vadenka) — design or picture to be transferred
  • Czech: obtisk — design or picture to be transferred
  • Danish: overføringsbillede — design or picture to be transferred
  • French: décalque — design or picture to be transferred
  • French: autocollant — design or picture to be transferred
  • German: Abziehbild — design or picture to be transferred
  • Hungarian: matrica — design or picture to be transferred
  • Italian: decalcabile — design or picture to be transferred
  • Italian: vetrofania — design or picture to be transferred
  • Italian: calcomania — design or picture to be transferred
  • Italian: decalcomania — design or picture to be transferred
  • Northern Kurdish: daneder — design or picture to be transferred
  • Luxembourgish: Abzebild — design or picture to be transferred
  • Serbo-Croatian: preslikač — design or picture to be transferred
  • Serbo-Croatian: naljepnica — design or picture to be transferred
  • Spanish: calcomanía — design or picture to be transferred
  • Spanish: pegatina — design or picture to be transferred
  • Swedish: dekal — design or picture to be transferred
  • Swedish: överföringsbild — design or picture to be transferred
  • Swedish: dekalkomani — design or picture to be transferred