decoro

decoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of decorar

• IPA^(key): /deˈkoɾo/ [d̪eˈko.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Hyphenation: de‧co‧ro

decoro m (plural decoros)

1. decorum

• “decoro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• IPA^(key): /deˈkɔɾo/ [d̪eˈkɔ.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɾo
• Hyphenation: de‧co‧ro

decoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of decorar

• IPA^(key): /deˈkɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: de‧cò‧ro

From Latin decōrus (“becoming, proper, fitting”).

decoro (feminine decora, masculine plural decori, feminine plural decore) (obsolete, literary)

1. dignified, fair, elegant

From Latin decōrum (“seemliness, propriety”).

decoro m (plural decori)

1. decorum
2. dignity
3. (figurative) prestige

• decoroso

Borrowed from French décor.

decoro m (plural decori)

1. (theater) set, location

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

decoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of decorare

• decoro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

From decus +‎ -ō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.ko.roː/, [ˈd̪ɛkɔroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.ko.ro/, [ˈd̪ɛːkoro]

decorō (present infinitive decorāre, perfect active decorāvī, supine decorātum); first conjugation

1. to decorate, adorn, embellish, grace, beautify

   Synonyms: ōrnō, exōrnō, adōrnō, distinguō

2. to honour

• dēdecorō
• indecorō

• Old French: diorer (hapax)

Borrowings

• → French: décorer
• → Friulian: decorâ
• → Italian: decorare
• → Piedmontese: decoré
• → Portuguese: decorar
• → Romanian: decora
• → Spanish: decorar
• →⇒ English: decorate (via decoratus (past participle))

• “decoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decoro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “decorare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 26

• decôro (pre-reform spelling)

decoro m (usually uncountable, plural decoros)

1. manner, decency (behaviour suitable to a social situation)

   Synonyms: decência, propriedade

decoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of decorar

• “decoro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “decoro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “decoro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “decoro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /deˈkoɾo/ [d̪eˈko.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: de‧co‧ro

From Latin decōrum.

decoro m (plural decoros)

1. appropriateness, proper behavior

   Synonym: idoneidad

• “decoro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

decoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of decorar