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decimetre

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

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  • UK: /ˈdɛsɪmiːtəɹ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An SI unit of length equal to 10−1 metres. Symbol: dm

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: metrology

Examples

  • Holonyms: metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
  • Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: decimeter, dm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metric linear unit

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French décimètre. By surface analysis, deci- + metre.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: դեցիմետր (decʻimetr) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Azerbaijani: desimetr — one-tenth of a metre
  • Belarusian: дэцыме́тр (decymjétr) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Bengali: দেসিমিটার (deśimiṭar) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Catalan: decímetre — one-tenth of a metre
  • Chinese Cantonese: 分米 — one-tenth of a metre
  • Chinese Cantonese: 公寸 (gung1 cyun3) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Hakka Chinese: 分米 (fûn-mí) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Hakka Chinese: 公寸 (kûng-chhun) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Chinese: 分米 (hun-bí) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Chinese: 公寸 (kong-chhùn) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分米 (fēnmǐ) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公寸 (gōngcùn) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Czech: decimetr — one-tenth of a metre
  • Esperanto: decimetro — one-tenth of a metre
  • Finnish: desimetri — one-tenth of a metre
  • French: décimètre — one-tenth of a metre
  • Galician: decímetro — one-tenth of a metre
  • Georgian: დეციმეტრი (decimeṭri) — one-tenth of a metre
  • German: Dezimeter — one-tenth of a metre
  • Greek: δεκατόμετρο (dekatómetro) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Hebrew: דצימטר (detzimet'er) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Hindi: डेसिमीटर (ḍesimīṭar) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Hungarian: deciméter — one-tenth of a metre
  • Icelandic: desimetri — one-tenth of a metre
  • Ido: decimetro — one-tenth of a metre
  • Ingrian: detsimetra — one-tenth of a metre
  • Interlingua: decimetro — one-tenth of a metre
  • Italian: decimetro — one-tenth of a metre
  • Japanese: デシメートル (deshimētoru) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Kannada: ದೆಸೀಮೀಟರು (desīmīṭaru) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Khmer: ឌេស៊ិមែត្រ (desimaet) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Korean: 데시미터 (desimiteo) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Lao: ເດຊີແມັດ (dē sī mæt) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Latin: decimetrus — one-tenth of a metre
  • : ᦵᦡᦌᦲᦶᦙᧆ (ḋesiimaed) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Macedonian: дециметар (decimetar) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Malay: desimeter — one-tenth of a metre
  • Persian: دسیمتر (desimetr) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Polish: decymetr — one-tenth of a metre
  • Portuguese: decímetro — one-tenth of a metre
  • Russian: дециме́тр (decimétr) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Shan: ၻေသိမႅတ — one-tenth of a metre
  • Spanish: decímetro — one-tenth of a metre
  • Swedish: decimeter — one-tenth of a metre
  • Tagalog: desimetro — one-tenth of a metre
  • Telugu: డెసీమీటరు (ḍesīmīṭaru) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Thai: เดซิเมตร — one-tenth of a metre
  • Ukrainian: дециме́тр (decymétr) — one-tenth of a metre
  • Vietnamese: đêximet — one-tenth of a metre
  • Vietnamese: đêximét — one-tenth of a metre
  • Vietnamese: đềximét — one-tenth of a metre
  • Vietnamese: tấc — one-tenth of a metre