See deca- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "deca-"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "deka-"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "deka-",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "δεκα-"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "deka-"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "deka-"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "deka-"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "deka-"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "deca-"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "deka-",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "дека-"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "deca-"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "dee-kaa",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "เดคา-"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "đê-ca"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10",
"word": "đề-ca"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"number prefix"
],
"word": "deca-"
}
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