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δεκαετία
decade /ðe.ka.eˈti.a/
nounB1#1246 most common
Also: ten-year period
Example sentences
Η δεκαετία έχει δέκα χρόνια.
A decade has ten years.
Γεννήθηκα στη δεκαετία του '90.
I was born in the '90s.
Η οικογένειά μου ζει σε αυτή τη γειτονιά εδώ και μια δεκαετία.
My family has lived in this neighborhood for a decade.
Η δεκαετία του 1960 έφερε μεγάλες κοινωνικές αλλαγές στην Ελλάδα.
The 1960s brought major social changes to Greece.
Οι οικονομολόγοι αναλύουν πώς η τελευταία δεκαετία μεταμόρφωσε την αγορά εργασίας.
Economists are analyzing how the last decade transformed the labor market.
Η κρίση χρέους που ξέσπασε στα τέλη της πρώτης δεκαετίας του αιώνα άφησε βαθιά ίχνη στην ελληνική κοινωνία.
The debt crisis that broke out at the end of the century's first decade left deep marks on Greek society.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η δεκαετία | οι δεκαετίες |
| Genitive | της δεκαετίας | των δεκαετιών |
| Accusative | τη δεκαετία | τις δεκαετίες |
| Vocative | δεκαετία | δεκαετίες |
Word family
δεκαετήςten years old, lasting a decade
έτοςyear (formal register)εικοσαετίαperiod of twenty years
δεκάδαa group of tenEtymology
The word joins δέκα, meaning ten, with a form built on έτος, meaning year, plus the abstract noun suffix -ία. Together they denote a span of ten years, much like English decade, which comes from Greek by a similar route through Latin. δέκα goes back to a Proto-Indo-European word for ten, the same root behind Latin decem and English ten.
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