"decay" meaning in All languages combined

See decay on Wiktionary

Noun [Englisch]

IPA: dɪˈkeɪ
Rhymes: eɪ
  1. Abnahme, Verfall, Zersetzung
    Sense id: de-decay-en-noun-WM~dtM8v
  2. Niedergang, Verfall
    Sense id: de-decay-en-noun-fO-LQAh4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tooth decay, Karies Translations (sdÜ): Abnahme [feminine] (Deutsch), Verfall [masculine] (Deutsch), Zerfall [masculine] (Deutsch), Zersetzung [feminine] (Deutsch) Translations (sdü): Verfall [masculine] (Deutsch)

Verb [Englisch]

Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present decay, he decays, she decays, it decays, simple past decayed, present participle decaying, past participle decayed
Rhymes: eɪ
  1. faulen, schlecht werden, verblühen, vergehen, verfaulen, verwittern, sich zersetzen
    Sense id: de-decay-en-verb-Pi1-ifBY
  2. verfallen (auch übertragen)
    Sense id: de-decay-en-verb-iqDDJhp2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (sdÜ): faulen (Deutsch), schlecht werden (Deutsch), verblühen (Deutsch), vergehen (Deutsch), verfaulen (Deutsch), verwittern (Deutsch), sich zersetzen (Deutsch) Translations (sdü): verfallen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
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      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
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      "word": "tooth decay"
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      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "Karies"
    }
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  "hyphenation": "de·cay",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
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      ],
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      ],
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    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "dɪˈkeɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "eɪ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "caducity"
    },
    {
      "word": "decadence"
    },
    {
      "word": "declension"
    },
    {
      "word": "decline"
    },
    {
      "word": "decomposition"
    },
    {
      "word": "decrepitude"
    },
    {
      "word": "degeneracy"
    },
    {
      "word": "degeneration"
    },
    {
      "word": "deterioration"
    },
    {
      "word": "dilapidation"
    },
    {
      "word": "disintegration"
    },
    {
      "word": "fading"
    },
    {
      "word": "failing"
    },
    {
      "word": "perishing"
    },
    {
      "word": "putrefaction"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruin"
    },
    {
      "word": "wasting"
    },
    {
      "word": "withering"
    }
  ],
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abnahme"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfall"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zerfall"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zersetzung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdü",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfall"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decay"
}

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verb (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
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  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present decay"
    },
    {
      "form": "he decays"
    },
    {
      "form": "she decays"
    },
    {
      "form": "it decays"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past decayed"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle decaying"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle decayed"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "de·cay",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verb",
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        "faulen, schlecht werden, verblühen, vergehen, verfaulen, verwittern, sich zersetzen"
      ],
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      "sense_index": "1"
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "verfallen (auch übertragen)"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "eɪ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "decline"
    },
    {
      "word": "deteriorate"
    },
    {
      "word": "disintegrate"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail"
    },
    {
      "word": "perish"
    },
    {
      "word": "wane"
    },
    {
      "word": "waste"
    },
    {
      "word": "wither"
    },
    {
      "word": "decompose"
    },
    {
      "word": "putrefy"
    },
    {
      "word": "rot"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "faulen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "schlecht werden"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "verblühen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "vergehen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "verfaulen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "verwittern"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "sich zersetzen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdü",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "verfallen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decay"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "tooth decay"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "Karies"
    }
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  "hyphenation": "de·cay",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
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        "Abnahme, Verfall, Zersetzung"
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Niedergang, Verfall"
      ],
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    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "dɪˈkeɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "eɪ"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "caducity"
    },
    {
      "word": "decadence"
    },
    {
      "word": "declension"
    },
    {
      "word": "decline"
    },
    {
      "word": "decomposition"
    },
    {
      "word": "decrepitude"
    },
    {
      "word": "degeneracy"
    },
    {
      "word": "degeneration"
    },
    {
      "word": "deterioration"
    },
    {
      "word": "dilapidation"
    },
    {
      "word": "disintegration"
    },
    {
      "word": "fading"
    },
    {
      "word": "failing"
    },
    {
      "word": "perishing"
    },
    {
      "word": "putrefaction"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruin"
    },
    {
      "word": "wasting"
    },
    {
      "word": "withering"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abnahme"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfall"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zerfall"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zersetzung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdü",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfall"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decay"
}

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    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Verb (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present decay"
    },
    {
      "form": "he decays"
    },
    {
      "form": "she decays"
    },
    {
      "form": "it decays"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past decayed"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle decaying"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle decayed"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "de·cay",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "faulen, schlecht werden, verblühen, vergehen, verfaulen, verwittern, sich zersetzen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "verfallen (auch übertragen)"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "eɪ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "decline"
    },
    {
      "word": "deteriorate"
    },
    {
      "word": "disintegrate"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail"
    },
    {
      "word": "perish"
    },
    {
      "word": "wane"
    },
    {
      "word": "waste"
    },
    {
      "word": "wither"
    },
    {
      "word": "decompose"
    },
    {
      "word": "putrefy"
    },
    {
      "word": "rot"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "faulen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "schlecht werden"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "verblühen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "vergehen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "verfaulen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "verwittern"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "sich zersetzen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdü",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "verfallen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decay"
}

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