Standard Lemma guide

decigram

noun · 2 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • UK: /ˈdɛsɪɡɹæm/

1

noun

Meaning 1

An SI unit of mass equal to 10−1 grams. Symbol: dg

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: metrology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

1/10 gram

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dg

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metric weight unit, weight unit

History

Etymology

From French décigramme. By surface analysis, deci- + gram.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: decigram — metric measurement
  • Czech: decigram — metric measurement
  • Dutch: decigram — metric measurement
  • Esperanto: decigramo — metric measurement
  • Finnish: desigramma — metric measurement
  • French: décigramme — metric measurement
  • Galician: decigramo — metric measurement
  • Greek: δεκατοστόγραμμα (dekatostógramma) — metric measurement
  • Hungarian: decigramm — metric measurement
  • Ido: decigramo — metric measurement
  • Italian: decigrammo — metric measurement
  • Latin: decigramma — metric measurement
  • Malay: desigram — metric measurement
  • Portuguese: decigrama — metric measurement
  • Russian: децигра́мм (decigrámm) — metric measurement
  • Serbo-Croatian: дѐциграм — metric measurement
  • Serbo-Croatian: dècigram — metric measurement
  • Spanish: decigramo — metric measurement
  • Swedish: decigram — metric measurement
  • Telugu: డెసీగ్రాము (ḍesīgrāmu) — metric measurement
  • Thai: เดซิกรัม — metric measurement