different between decor vs decore

English

Alternative forms

• décor

Etymology

From French décor

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?de?k??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??k??/
• Rhymes: -??(?) (American pronunciation)

Noun

decor (countable and uncountable, plural decors)

1. The style of decoration of a room or building.

   Her living room had a lush Persian-style decor.

2. A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.

Translations

Anagrams

• Coder, OCRed, coder, cored, credo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French décor, from Latin decor or decus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de??k?r/
• Hyphenation: de?cor
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

decor n (plural decors, diminutive decortje n)

1. stage setting, decor, scenery
2. decor; decoration

Derived terms

• decorbouw

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dekor
• ? Indonesian: dekor

References

Latin

Etymology

See decus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?de.kor/, [?d??k?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?de.kor/, [?d???k?r]

Noun

decor m (genitive dec?ris); third declension

1. elegance, grace
2. beauty, charm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• dec?rus

Descendants

• Russian: ?????? (dekór)

References

• decor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French décor.

Noun

decor n (plural decoruri)

1. decor

Declension

English

Etymology 1

de- +? core

Verb

decore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)

1. (transitive) To remove the core from.

   to decore a cabbage

Etymology 2

Compare French décorer. See decorate.

Verb

decore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)

1. (obsolete) To decorate; to beautify.
   • E. Hall

     To decore and beautify the house of God.

Anagrams

• Ceredo, recode, redeco

Latin

Adverb

dec?r? (comparative dec?rius, superlative dec?rissim?)

1. properly, suitably
2. beautifully, elegantly

Related terms

• decor
• decor?
• decor?sus
• dec?rum
• dec?rus

References

• decore in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decore in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decore in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

decore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of decorar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of decorar
3. third-person singular imperative of decorar

Spanish

Verb

decore

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of decorar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of decorar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of decorar.