"decaan" meaning in Dutch

See decaan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /deːˈkaːn/ Audio: Nl-decaan.ogg Forms: decanen [plural], decaantje [diminutive, neuter], dekaan [alternative]
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin decānus. Doublet of deken, an earlier loan from the same source. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|la-lat|decānus}} Late Latin decānus, {{doublet|nl|deken}} Doublet of deken Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|+}} decaan m (plural decanen, diminutive decaantje n)
  1. dean Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-decaan-nl-noun--Jdncmp4 Categories (other): Dutch terms prefixed with dec- Disambiguation of Dutch terms prefixed with dec-: 22 37 41
  2. school counselor, guidance counselor Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-decaan-nl-noun-P5kvmz6c Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms prefixed with dec-, Dutch terms suffixed with -aan Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 42 5 39 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 3 49 17 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 6 62 32 Disambiguation of Dutch terms prefixed with dec-: 22 37 41 Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -aan: 23 51 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: decanaat, schooldecaan
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /deːˈkaːn/ Audio: Nl-decaan.ogg
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: From dec- + -aan. Etymology templates: {{confix|nl|dec|aan}} dec- + -aan Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-|-}} decaan n (uncountable, no diminutive)
  1. (organic chemistry) decane Tags: neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable
    Sense id: en-decaan-nl-noun-MVbezpJ1 Categories (other): Organic compounds, Pages with 2 entries, Dutch terms prefixed with dec- Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 42 5 39 15 Disambiguation of Dutch terms prefixed with dec-: 22 37 41 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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