decade
Syllabification: (dec·ade)
Pronunciation: /ˈdekād/
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Definition of decade
noun
Derivatives
Pronunciation: /ˈdekədl/
adjective
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting each of ten parts of a literary work): via Old French and late Latin from Greek deka 'ten'. decade (sense 1) dates from the early 17th century
Note that when decade means ‘a division of the rosary,’ the pronunciation is distinct: the stress is on dec-, but the second syllable sounds like id, not ade.