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From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.

165 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: намаляване (namaljavane) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Bulgarian: намаление (namalenie) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Catalan: disminució — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Catalan: decreixença — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Chinese Mandarin: 減少 /减少 (jiǎnshǎo) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Finnish: lasku — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Finnish: vähenemä — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Finnish: vähennys — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Galician: diminución — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Galician: mingua — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Galician: devalo — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• German: Verringerung — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Ancient Greek: ἐλάττωσις (eláttōsis) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Hindi: कटौती (kaṭautī) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Hindi: घाटा (ghāṭā) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Hungarian: csökkenés — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Irish: laghdú — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Italian: diminuzione — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Italian: calo — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Italian: ribasso — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Italian: riduzione — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Japanese: 減少 (genshō) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Latin: dēcrēmentum — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Māori: ero — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Norwegian: forringelse — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Old English: æfwela — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Persian: کاهش (kâheš) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Polish: spadek — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Polish: ubytek — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Portuguese: redução — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Portuguese: diminuição — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Quechua: yawyay — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Russian: уменьше́ние (umenʹšénije) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Russian: сниже́ние (snižénije) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Spanish: disminución — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Spanish: merma — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Swedish: minskning — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Ukrainian: зме́ншення (zménšennja) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Ukrainian: зни́ження (znýžennja) — amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
• Southern Altai: астаар (astaar) — become smaller
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܨܹܪ (bāṣēr) — become smaller
• Armenian: փոքրանալ (pʻokʻranal) — become smaller
• Armenian: պակասել (pakasel) — become smaller
• Assamese: কমা (koma) — become smaller
• Azerbaijani: azalmaq — become smaller
• Azerbaijani: düşmək — become smaller
• Bulgarian: намаля́вам се (namaljávam se) — become smaller
• Catalan: decréixer — become smaller
• Catalan: disminuir — become smaller
• Chinese Mandarin: 減少 /减少 (jiǎnshǎo) — become smaller
• Chinese Mandarin: 下降 (xiàjiàng) — become smaller
• Danish: formindske — become smaller
• Danish: forringe — become smaller
• Dutch: afnemen — become smaller
• Dutch: verminderen — become smaller
• Esperanto: malpliiĝi — become smaller
• Esperanto: malaltiĝi — become smaller
• Finnish: vähentyä — become smaller
• Finnish: pienentyä — become smaller
• Finnish: pienetä — become smaller
• Finnish: vähetä — become smaller
• French: diminuer — become smaller
• Galician: diminuír — become smaller
• Galician: minguar — become smaller
• Gallurese: affluscià — become smaller
• German: abnehmen — become smaller
• German: schwiine — become smaller
• Greek: μειώνομαι (meiónomai) — become smaller
• Greek: λιγοστεύω (ligostévo) — become smaller
• Ancient Greek: μινύθω (minúthō) — become smaller
• Hebrew: פחת (pakhát) — become smaller
• Hindi: घटना (ghaṭnā) — become smaller
• Hungarian: csökken — become smaller
• Ido: diminutar — become smaller
• Irish: laghdaigh — become smaller
• Italian: diminuire — become smaller
• Italian: calare — become smaller
• Japanese: 減少する (genshō suru) — become smaller
• Japanese: 減る (heru) — become smaller
• Kazakh: азаю (azaü) — become smaller
• Central Kurdish: کەم کردن (kem kirdin) — become smaller
• Lithuanian: mažinti — become smaller
• Māori: pāitiiti — become smaller
• Middle English: discresen — become smaller
• Norwegian: forminske — become smaller
• Norwegian: forringe — become smaller
• Persian: کاستن (kâstan) — become smaller
• Polish: zmniejszać się — become smaller
• Polish: zmniejszyć się — become smaller
• Portuguese: diminuir — become smaller
• Portuguese: reduzir — become smaller
• Romanian: descrește — become smaller
• Romanian: scădea — become smaller
• Russian: уменьша́ться (umenʹšátʹsja) — become smaller
• Russian: уме́ньшиться (uménʹšitʹsja) — become smaller
• Russian: снижа́ться (snižátʹsja) — become smaller
• Russian: сни́зиться (snízitʹsja) — become smaller
• Russian: понижа́ться (ponižátʹsja) — become smaller
• Russian: пони́зиться (ponízitʹsja) — become smaller
• Campidanese Sardinian: calai — become smaller
• Campidanese Sardinian: menguai — become smaller
• Sardinian: menguare — become smaller
• Sardinian: minimare — become smaller
• Sassarese: miminà — become smaller
• Sassarese: abbracà — become smaller
• Spanish: mermar[se] — become smaller
• Spanish: descrecer — become smaller
• Spanish: decrecer — become smaller
• Spanish: decrementarse — become smaller
• Swedish: minska — become smaller
• Turkish: azalmak — become smaller
• Turkish: düşmek — become smaller
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܒܨܸܪ (mabṣir) — make smaller
• Assamese: কমোৱা (komüa) — make smaller
• Azerbaijani: azaltmaq — make smaller
• Bulgarian: намаля́вам (namaljávam) — make smaller
• Catalan: disminuir — make smaller
• Czech: snížit — make smaller
• Dutch: verminderen — make smaller
• Esperanto: malpliigi — make smaller
• Esperanto: malaltigi — make smaller
• Finnish: laskea — make smaller
• Finnish: vähentää — make smaller
• Finnish: pienentää — make smaller
• French: diminuer — make smaller
• French: réduire — make smaller
• Galician: minguar — make smaller
• Galician: diminuír — make smaller
• German: verringern — make smaller
• Greek: μειώνω (meióno) — make smaller
• Greek: ελαττώνω (elattóno) — make smaller
• Hebrew: הפחית (hifkhít) — make smaller
• Hindi: घटाना (ghaṭānā) — make smaller
• Hungarian: csökkent — make smaller
• Ido: diminutar — make smaller
• Ingrian: vähentää — make smaller
• Irish: laghdaigh — make smaller
• Italian: diminuire — make smaller
• Italian: far calare — make smaller
• Italian: ribassare — make smaller
• Italian: ridurre — make smaller
• Italian: decrementare — make smaller
• Japanese: 減少させる (genshō saseru) — make smaller
• Japanese: 減らす (herasu) — make smaller
• Central Kurdish: کەم کردن (kem kirdin) — make smaller
• Middle English: discresen — make smaller
• Polish: zmniejszać — make smaller
• Polish: zmniejszyć — make smaller
• Portuguese: diminuir — make smaller
• Portuguese: reduzir — make smaller
• Russian: уменьша́ть (umenʹšátʹ) — make smaller
• Russian: уме́ньшить (uménʹšitʹ) — make smaller
• Russian: понижа́ть (ponižátʹ) — make smaller
• Russian: пони́зить (ponízitʹ) — make smaller
• Russian: снижа́ть (snižátʹ) — make smaller
• Russian: сни́зить (snízitʹ) — make smaller
• Sardinian: mèngua — make smaller
• Sicilian: abbacari — make smaller
• Spanish: mermar — make smaller
• Spanish: decrementar — make smaller
• Swedish: minska — make smaller
• Swedish: förringa — make smaller
• Turkish: azaltmak — make smaller
• Turkish: düşürmek — make smaller
• Vietnamese: hạ — make smaller