decent

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.sənt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈdi.sənt/
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• Australian: /ˈdiː.sənt/
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• Australian: [ˈdɪi.sənt] cultivated
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• Australian, general: [ˈdɪ̈i.sənt]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈdiː.sənt/
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• rhymes with -iːsənt
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• CMU ARPABET: D IY1 S AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French décent, or its source, Latin decēns, present participle of decet (“it is fitting or suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable”) (compare Ancient Greek δοκέω (dokéō, “to appear, seem, think”), δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to accept”); Sanskrit दशस्यति (daśasyáti, “shows honor, is gracious”), दाशति (dāśati, “makes offerings, bestows”)). Meaning ‘kind, pleasant’ is from 1902.

176 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: yararlı — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Azerbaijani: uyğun — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Bulgarian: прие́млив (priémliv) — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Danish: anstændig — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Finnish: sopiva — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Galician: decente — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Hindi: शोभनीय (śobhnīya) — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Hindi: उचित (ucit) — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Hindi: उपयुक्त (upyukt) — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Hungarian: illő — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Hungarian: illedelmes — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Hungarian: illendő — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Hungarian: ildomos — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Polish: przyzwoity — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Polish: właściwy — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Portuguese: digno — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Russian: подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Russian: прие́млемый (prijémlemyj) — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Turkish: uygun — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Turkish: onat — appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
• Azerbaijani: saf — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Azerbaijani: düz-əməlli — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Azerbaijani: dürüst — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Belarusian: прысто́йны (prystójny) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Bulgarian: благоприли́чен (blagoprilíčen) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Bulgarian: прили́чен (prilíčen) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Bulgarian: присто́ен (pristóen) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Chinese Mandarin: 體面 /体面 (tǐmiàn) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Chinese Mandarin: 正派 (zhèngpài) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Czech: slušný — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Danish: anstændig — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Danish: pæn — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Dutch: integer — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Dutch: fatsoenlijk — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Finnish: kunnollinen — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Finnish: rehellinen — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Finnish: säädyllinen — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• French: intègre — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Galician: decente — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Georgian: წესიერი (c̣esieri) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Georgian: ზრდილი (zrdili) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• German: anständig — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• German: sittsam — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• German: aaschtändig — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Greek: κόσμιος (kósmios) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Greek: ευπρεπής (efprepís) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Hebrew: הגון (hagun) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Hebrew: יָשָׁר (yashár) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Hindi: शालीन (śālīn) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Hindi: सभ्य (sabhya) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Hindi: उचित (ucit) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Hungarian: tisztességes — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Hungarian: derék — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Hungarian: rendes — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Indonesian: baik — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Ingrian: vernoi — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Irish: gnaíúil — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Italian: perbene — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Macedonian: пристоен (pristoen) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Norwegian Bokmål: anstendig — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Polish: przyzwoity — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Portuguese: decente — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Russian: поря́дочный (porjádočnyj) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Russian: прили́чный (prilíčnyj) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Russian: благопристо́йный (blagopristójnyj) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Russian: присто́йный (pristójnyj) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Russian: благоприли́чный (blagoprilíčnyj) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Scottish Gaelic: cothromach — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Scottish Gaelic: iomchaidh — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Serbo-Croatian: при́сто̄јан — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Serbo-Croatian: prístōjan — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Slovak: slušný — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Slovene: spodoben — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Slovene: dostojen — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Spanish: decente — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Sundanese: bener — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Swedish: sedesam — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Turkish: saygın — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Turkish: terbiyeli — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Turkish: onat — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Ukrainian: присто́йний (prystójnyj) — showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
• Bulgarian: прили́чен (prilíčen) — sufficiently clothed
• Danish: anstændig — sufficiently clothed
• Danish: sømmelig — sufficiently clothed
• Danish: passende — sufficiently clothed
• Dutch: toonbaar — sufficiently clothed
• Esperanto: deca — sufficiently clothed
• Finnish: pukeutunut — sufficiently clothed
• Finnish: pukeissa — sufficiently clothed
• Finnish: vaatteet päällä — sufficiently clothed
• French: décent — sufficiently clothed
• Galician: decente — sufficiently clothed
• Georgian: შესაფერისი (šesaperisi) — sufficiently clothed
• German: anständig bekleidet — sufficiently clothed
• German: vorzeigbar — sufficiently clothed
• German: bist du angezogen? — sufficiently clothed
• German: hast du was an? — sufficiently clothed
• Hungarian: van rajta ruha — sufficiently clothed
• Norwegian Bokmål: anstendig — sufficiently clothed
• Portuguese: decente — sufficiently clothed
• Russian: оде́тый (odétyj) — sufficiently clothed
• Slovene: spodoben — sufficiently clothed
• Slovene: dostojen — sufficiently clothed
• Swedish: anständig — sufficiently clothed
• Turkish: edepli — sufficiently clothed
• Turkish: giyinik — sufficiently clothed
• Turkish: müsait — sufficiently clothed
• Azerbaijani: əməlli — fair; good enough; okay
• Azerbaijani: düz-əməlli — fair; good enough; okay
• Azerbaijani: əməlli-başlı — fair; good enough; okay
• Azerbaijani: fərli — fair; good enough; okay
• Bulgarian: прили́чен (prilíčen) — fair; good enough; okay
• Chinese Mandarin: 不錯 /不错 (bùcuò) — fair; good enough; okay
• Chinese Mandarin: 不賴 /不赖 (bùlài) — fair; good enough; okay
• Czech: slušný — fair; good enough; okay
• Danish: brugbar — fair; good enough; okay
• Dutch: redelijk — fair; good enough; okay
• Finnish: kunnollinen — fair; good enough; okay
• Finnish: käypä — fair; good enough; okay
• Finnish: kelpo — fair; good enough; okay
• Finnish: ihan hyvä — fair; good enough; okay
• French: décent — fair; good enough; okay
• Galician: decente — fair; good enough; okay
• Georgian: შესაფერისი (šesaperisi) — fair; good enough; okay
• Georgian: წესიერი (c̣esieri) — fair; good enough; okay
• German: (ganz) anständig — fair; good enough; okay
• Greek: της προκοπής (tis prokopís) — fair; good enough; okay
• Hindi: उचित (ucit) — fair; good enough; okay
• Hungarian: tisztességes — fair; good enough; okay
• Hungarian: valamirevaló — fair; good enough; okay
• Hungarian: megfelelő — fair; good enough; okay
• Hungarian: elfogadható — fair; good enough; okay
• Hungarian: tűrhető — fair; good enough; okay
• Icelandic: viðeigandi — fair; good enough; okay
• Ingrian: viksi — fair; good enough; okay
• Ingrian: viksu — fair; good enough; okay
• Italian: presentabile — fair; good enough; okay
• Norwegian Bokmål: brukbar — fair; good enough; okay
• Norwegian Bokmål: bra nok — fair; good enough; okay
• Norwegian Bokmål: helt greit — fair; good enough; okay
• Polish: niezły — fair; good enough; okay
• Portuguese: razoável — fair; good enough; okay
• Portuguese: decente — fair; good enough; okay
• Russian: прили́чный (prilíčnyj) — fair; good enough; okay
• Russian: хоро́ший (xoróšij) — fair; good enough; okay
• Russian: неплохо́й (neploxój) — fair; good enough; okay
• Scottish Gaelic: cothromach — fair; good enough; okay
• Slovene: spodoben — fair; good enough; okay
• Spanish: decente — fair; good enough; okay
• Swedish: hyfsad — fair; good enough; okay
• Turkish: makul — fair; good enough; okay
• Turkish: yeterli — fair; good enough; okay
• Bulgarian: прили́чен (prilíčen) — significant; substantial
• Bulgarian: значи́телен (značítelen) — significant; substantial
• Czech: slušný — significant; substantial
• Danish: pæn — significant; substantial
• Danish: anstændig — significant; substantial
• Dutch: substantieel — significant; substantial
• Dutch: significant — significant; substantial
• Finnish: huomattava — significant; substantial
• Finnish: kunnollinen — significant; substantial
• Finnish: kelvollinen — significant; substantial
• French: substantiel — significant; substantial
• Georgian: წესიერი (c̣esieri) — significant; substantial
• German: anständig — significant; substantial
• Hungarian: jó pár — significant; substantial
• Hungarian: jó néhány — significant; substantial
• Norwegian Bokmål: anstendig — significant; substantial
• Portuguese: razoável — significant; substantial
• Russian: прили́чный (prilíčnyj) — significant; substantial
• Russian: значи́тельный (značítelʹnyj) — significant; substantial
• Slovene: spodoben — significant; substantial
• Spanish: decente — significant; substantial
• Turkish: adam gibi — significant; substantial
• Turkish: yeterli — significant; substantial
• Finnish: komea — comely; shapely; well-formed