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[edit] WOTD – 24 August 2010, 24 August 2011

Etymology

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From Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“to fall down”).

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.ʊ.əs/
• (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.u.əs/

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Adjective

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deciduous (not comparable)

1. (biology, anatomy) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
   • 1911, Richard Lydekker, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Equidae:In the Hippoidea there is generally the full series of 44 teeth, but the first premolar is often deciduous or wanting in the lower or in both jaws.
   Antonyms: persistent, permanent
2. (botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season. Antonyms: evergreen, sempervirent Synonym: perdifoil. Compare caducous. a deciduous tree
3. (figurative) Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

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• brevideciduous
• deciduosity
• deciduous camellia
• deciduous holly
• deciduously
• deciduousness
• deciduous tooth
• deciduous winterberry
• indeciduous
• nondeciduous
• semideciduous
• subdeciduous
• undeciduous

Related terms

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• decay
• decadence
• decidence

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d- (0 c, 34 e)

Translations

[edit] describing a part that falls off, or is shed

Armenian: գցվող (gcʻvoġ), փոխվող (pʻoxvoġ), թափվող (tʻapʻvoġ) Catalan: caduc (ca), decidu (ca) French: caduc (fr), décidual (fr) Georgian: მოსაცვლელი (mosacvleli), სარძევე (sarʒeve) (of teeth only) Hungarian: leeső, lehulló (hu), lehullajtott Italian: caduco (it), deciduo (it) Korean: 탈락성 (tallakseong) Old English: hrurul Portuguese: caduco (pt), decíduo Russian: сбра́сываемый (ru) (sbrásyvajemyj), моло́чный (ru) (molóčnyj) (of teeth only) Spanish: caduco (es), deciduo Turkish: geçici (tr)

of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season

Armenian: սաղարթավոր (hy) (saġartʻavor) Bulgarian: листопаден (listopaden) Catalan: caducifoli Chinese: Mandarin: (deciduous tree) 落葉喬木 / 落叶乔木 (zh) (luòyè qiáomù) Czech: opadavý (cs) Danish: løvfældende (da) Dutch: bladverliezend (nl), loofverliezend Esperanto: falfolia Finnish: lehtensä pudottava, kesävihanta (fi) French: à feuilles caduques, caducifolié (fr) Georgian: ფოთოლმცვენი (potolmcveni), ფოთლოვანი (potlovani) German: Laub- (as in Laubbaum (deciduous tree) or Laubwald (deciduous forest)); (as an adjective) laubabwerfend (de), sommergrün (de) Greek: φυλλοβόλος (el) (fyllovólos) Hungarian: lombhullató (hu) Irish: duillsilteach Italian: caducifoglio Japanese: 落葉樹 (ja) (らくようじゅ, rakuyōju) (deciduous tree) Kannada: ಪರ್ಣಪಾತಿ (parṇapāti) Kazakh: жапырақты (japyraqty) Korean: 낙엽성(落葉性) (nagyeopseong) Macedonian: листо́паден (listópaden) Manx: yn-lhoamey Maori: rauhoro Norwegian: Bokmål: løvfellende, lauvfellende Nynorsk: lauvfellande Old English: hrurul Polish: liściasty (pl) m Portuguese: caducifólio Russian: ли́ственный (ru) (lístvennyj), листопа́дный (ru) (listopádnyj) Scottish Gaelic: seargach Serbo-Croatian: listopadni (sh) Southern Altai: јалбыракту (ǰalbïraktu) Spanish: caducifolio (es), de hoja caduca Swedish: lövfällande (sv) Turkish: yaprak döken, yapraklarını döken Welsh: collddail (cy) Yakut: сэбирдэхтээх (sebirdeqteeq)

transitory, ephemeral, not lasting

Armenian: անցողիկ (hy) (ancʻoġik), վաղանցուկ (hy) (vaġancʻuk), անկայուն (hy) (ankayun) Hungarian: múlékony (hu) Maori: rangitahi Polish: ulotny (pl) m, przemijający m, przejściowy (pl) m Portuguese: efêmero (pt), transitório (pt) Russian: быстроте́чный (ru) (bystrotéčnyj), преходя́щий (ru) (prexodjáščij), скороте́чный (ru) (skorotéčnyj) Spanish: efímero (es), transitorio (es), fugaz (es) Turkish: geçici (tr)

Further reading

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• deciduous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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