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• /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: D EH2 K ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration. Morphologically decorate + -ion.

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: украсяване (ukrasjavane) — act of adorning
• Catalan: decoració — act of adorning
• Chinese Mandarin: 裝飾 /装饰 (zhuāngshì) — act of adorning
• Czech: výzdoba — act of adorning
• Czech: ozdoba — act of adorning
• Danish: dekoration — act of adorning
• Danish: udsmykning — act of adorning
• Dutch: versieren — act of adorning
• Dutch: decoratie — act of adorning
• Finnish: koristelu — act of adorning
• French: décoration — act of adorning
• German: Dekorieren — act of adorning
• German: Verschönern — act of adorning
• Greek: διακόσμηση (diakósmisi) — act of adorning
• Hindi: अलंकार (alaṅkār) — act of adorning
• Hindi: सजावट (sajāvaṭ) — act of adorning
• Hungarian: díszítés — act of adorning
• Hungarian: ékítés — act of adorning
• Hungarian: dekoráció — act of adorning
• Irish: oirnéaladh — act of adorning
• Irish: maisiú — act of adorning
• Italian: decorazione — act of adorning
• Japanese: 装飾 (sōshoku) — act of adorning
• Macedonian: красење (krasenje) — act of adorning
• Macedonian: украсување (ukrasuvanje) — act of adorning
• Malay: penghiasan — act of adorning
• Malayalam: അലങ്കാരം (alaṅkāraṁ) — act of adorning
• Norwegian Bokmål: dekorasjon — act of adorning
• Norwegian Bokmål: utsmykking — act of adorning
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dekorasjon — act of adorning
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utsmykking — act of adorning
• Occitan: decoracion — act of adorning
• Polish: dekoracja — act of adorning
• Polish: ozdoba — act of adorning
• Portuguese: decoração — act of adorning
• Romanian: decorare — act of adorning
• Romanian: împodobire — act of adorning
• Romanian: înfrumusețare — act of adorning
• Russian: украше́ние (ukrašénije) — act of adorning
• Spanish: decoración — act of adorning
• Swedish: dekoration — act of adorning
• Swedish: dekorering — act of adorning
• Turkish: dekorasyon — act of adorning
• Turkish: süsleme — act of adorning
• Arabic: زينة (zīna) — that which adorns
• Armenian: զարդ (zard) — that which adorns
• Bashkir: биҙәк (biźək) — that which adorns
• Bulgarian: украса (ukrasa) — that which adorns
• Bulgarian: украшение (ukrašenie) — that which adorns
• Catalan: decoració — that which adorns
• Chinese Mandarin: 裝飾品 /装饰品 (zhuāngshìpǐn) — that which adorns
• Czech: výzdoba — that which adorns
• Czech: ozdoba — that which adorns
• Danish: dekoration — that which adorns
• Danish: udsmykning — that which adorns
• Dutch: versiering — that which adorns
• Dutch: decoratie — that which adorns
• Egyptian: X:k:r-Aa30-Y1V (ẖkr) — that which adorns
• Esperanto: ornamaĵo — that which adorns
• Finnish: koriste — that which adorns
• French: décoration — that which adorns
• German: Dekoration — that which adorns
• German: Verschönerung — that which adorns
• Greek: διακόσμηση (diakósmisi) — that which adorns
• Hindi: सजावट (sajāvaṭ) — that which adorns
• Hindi: आभरण (ābhraṇ) — that which adorns
• Hungarian: dísz — that which adorns
• Hungarian: díszítmény — that which adorns
• Hungarian: dekoráció — that which adorns
• Ingrian: koristus — that which adorns
• Irish: maisiúchán — that which adorns
• Italian: decorazione — that which adorns
• Japanese: 装飾 (sōshoku) — that which adorns
• Japanese: 飾り (kazari) — that which adorns
• Japanese: デコレーション (dekorēshon) — that which adorns
• Kazakh: әшекей (äşekei) — that which adorns
• Macedonian: украс (ukras) — that which adorns
• Malay: hiasan — that which adorns
• Malay: dekorasi — that which adorns
• Malayalam: അലങ്കാരം (alaṅkāraṁ) — that which adorns
• Norwegian Bokmål: dekorasjon — that which adorns
• Norwegian Bokmål: utsmykking — that which adorns
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dekorasjon — that which adorns
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utsmykking — that which adorns
• Occitan: decoracion — that which adorns
• Polish: dekoracja — that which adorns
• Polish: ozdoba — that which adorns
• Portuguese: decoração — that which adorns
• Romanian: decorație — that which adorns
• Romanian: ornament — that which adorns
• Romanian: ornamentație — that which adorns
• Russian: украше́ние (ukrašénije) — that which adorns
• Russian: декора́ция (dekorácija) — that which adorns
• Sanskrit: भूषण (bhūṣaṇa) — that which adorns
• Slovak: dekorácia — that which adorns
• Southern Altai: билдӱр (bildür) — that which adorns
• Spanish: decoración — that which adorns
• Swahili: pambo — that which adorns
• Swedish: dekoration — that which adorns
• Tagalog: dayan — that which adorns
• Tagalog: palamuti — that which adorns
• Turkish: bezek — that which adorns
• Turkish: süs — that which adorns
• Turkish: ziynet — that which adorns
• Ottoman Turkish: بزك (bezek) — that which adorns
• Ottoman Turkish: سوس (süs) — that which adorns
• Ottoman Turkish: زینت (ziynet) — that which adorns
• Ukrainian: прикра́са (prykrása) — that which adorns
• Ukrainian: оздо́ба (ozdóba) — that which adorns
• Urdu: سجاوٹ (sjāoṭ) — that which adorns
• Armenian: շքանշան (škʻanšan) — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Bulgarian: орден (orden) — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Dutch: decoratie — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Dutch: medaille — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Finnish: kunniamerkki — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Finnish: ansiomerkki — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Finnish: ansioristi — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• French: décoration — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• German: Auszeichnung — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Hungarian: kitüntetés — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Hungarian: érem — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Hungarian: érdemrend — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Hungarian: rendjel — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Irish: suaitheantas — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Italian: decorazione — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Macedonian: одликување (odlikuvanje) — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Malay: dekorasi — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Norwegian Bokmål: dekorasjon — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dekorasjon — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Occitan: decoracion — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Polish: dekoracja — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Portuguese: condecoração — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Romanian: decorație — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Russian: награ́да (nagráda) — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Spanish: condecoración — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person
• Turkish: nişan — any mark of honor to be worn upon the person