Decameron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A collection of 100 short stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.

/dɪˈkaməɹən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Decameron.wav /dɪˈkæməɹən/ /dɪˈkæməɹɑn/

Decameron the Decameron

Borrowed from Italian Decameron (literally “ten days”), coined from Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”) and ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).

hexameron

Decameronesque Decameronian Decameronic

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