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{{also|Decima|décima|dècima}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈdɛsɪmə/}}

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{der|en|la|decima||a [[tenth]]}}, now particularly via {{der|en|it|decima}}. {{doublet|en|decim|decime|dime}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|generally|_|obsolete}} A [[tenth]], ''[[particularly]]''
## A [[tithe]] or [[tax]] of [[one-tenth]] {{lb|en|now|_|usually|_|in|_|historical|_|Italian|_|contexts}}.
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1988|title=Renaissance Studies|volume=2|page=195
|passage=He brandished his title as apostolic commissioner in court, and as supervisor of the papal '''''decima''''' in Tuscany.}}
## {{lb|en|obsolete|music}} A [[tenth]]: a [[note]] [[nine]] [[degree]]s of the [[scale]] above or below a [[given]] [[note]] (and [[thus]] [[ten]] [[degree]]s [[separate]] [[count]]ing [[inclusively]]) or the [[interval]] [[between]] [[such]] [[note]]s.
## {{lb|en|music}} An [[organ stop]] a [[tenth]] above the [[normal]] 8-[[foot]] [[pitch]].

=====Synonyms=====
* {{qualifier|generally}} ''See'' '''{{l|en|tenth}}'''
* {{sense|tithe}} ''See'' '''{{l|en|tithe}}'''
* {{sense|musical note or interval}} ''See'' '''{{l|en|tenth}}'''
* {{sense|organ stop}} {{l|en|double-tierce}}, {{l|en|great-tierce}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|es|décima}}, from {{der|en|la|decima||a [[tenth]]}}. {{doublet|en|decim|decime|dime}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|décima}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|poetry}} A 10-[[line]] [[verse]] or [[stanza]], {{lb|en|chiefly}} in the [[form]] of a [[song]] [[comprising]] an [[introductory]] [[verse]] [[follow]]ed by [[four]] [[such]] [[division]]s.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=December 4 2008|journal=New York Times|section=C8
|passage=His album... dealt with the song form of Puerto Rican back-country troubadours, and it had a preoccupation with... the '''décima''', a 10-line stanza with specific rhyme schemes.}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=acdeim|McAdie|ice dam}}

{{C|en|Ten}}

==Galician==

===Verb===
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-verb form of|decimar}}

==Interlingua==

===Noun===
{{ia-noun}}

# [[dime]]
# [[tithe]]

==Italian==

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|it|la|decima}}, feminine of {{m|la|decimus}}.

====Noun====
{{it-noun|f}}

# [[tithe]]
# {{female equivalent of|it|decimo}}

====Adjective====
{{head|it|adjective form}}

# {{feminine singular of|it|decimo}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|it|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|it|decimare||3|s|pres|ind|;|2|s|imp}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=acdeim|demica|medica}}

==Latin==
{{number box|la|10}}

===Etymology===
For {{m|la|decima pars}}, from {{m|la|decimus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|decima}}

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form|head=decimā}}

# {{inflection of|la|decimō||2|s|pres|actv|impr}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|decima<1>}}

# [[tithe]]
# [[tenth]] part
# tenth hour

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|decima<1>}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|la|decimō}}

====Descendants====
{{top2}}
* {{desc|fur|diesime}}
* {{desc|it|decima|bor=1}}
** {{desc|pms|decima|bor=1}}
* Old {{desc|pms|dezma}}
* {{desc|pt|dízima}}
* {{desc|en|decima|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ru|де́цима|bor=1}}
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===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}

{{c|la|Ten}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|décimer}}, {{bor|ro|la|decimare}}.

===Verb===
{{ro-verb|conj=1|decimează|decimat}}

# to [[decimate]]

====Conjugation====
{{ro-conj-a-ez}}