La décennie
Example: La décennie dernière a vu de grands changements technologiques.
Definition
"La décennie" refers to a period of ten consecutive years, often used to describe significant historical, cultural, or social changes within that time frame. For example, "la décennie dernière" means the last ten years or the previous decade.
Etymology
The word "la décennie" comes from the French adaptation of the Latin 'decennium,' which combines 'decem' meaning ten and '-ennium' meaning years. Did you know? The concept of a decade is deeply rooted in our way of measuring time, reflecting the human tendency to organize time into manageable units.
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"La décennie" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - General - (B1) - set 6", containing 114 commonly used words.
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