Many local traditions have fallen into decay in recent years.
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Decay
//diˈkeɪ//
Synonyms for "decay" (188 found)
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5 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
157 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σῆψις noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Arabic
3 entries- نَخْر noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- اضمحل verb (to deteriorate)
- تضعضع verb (to deteriorate)
Armenian
1 entries- փչանալ verb (to deteriorate)
Bulgarian
4 entries- влошаване noun (deterioration of condition)
- разлагане noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- развалям се verb (to deteriorate)
- разлагам се verb (to deteriorate)
Catalan
4 entries- decadència noun (deterioration of condition)
- descomposició noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- desintegració noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- deteriorament noun (deterioration of condition)
Czech
4 entries- hniloba noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- rozklad noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- rozklad noun (deterioration of condition)
- rozkládat se verb (to deteriorate)
Danish
4 entries- forfald noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- forfald noun (deterioration of condition)
- nedbrydning noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- svækkelse noun (deterioration of condition)
Dutch
4 entries- verval noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- in verval raken verb (to deteriorate)
- verloederen verb (to deteriorate)
- vervallen verb (to deteriorate)
Esperanto
1 entries- kadukiĝi verb (to deteriorate)
Finnish
4 entries- heikkeneminen noun (deterioration of condition)
- laho noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- lahoaminen noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- rapautuminen noun (deterioration of condition)
French
3 entries- décrépitude noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- pourrir verb (to deteriorate)
- se désintégrer verb (To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.)
Galician
4 entries- apodrecemento noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- decadencia noun (deterioration of condition)
- deterioración noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- deterioración noun (deterioration of condition)
Georgian
1 entries- ფუჭდება verb (to deteriorate)
German
4 entries- Fäulnis noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- Verfall noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- Verwesung noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- verderben verb (to deteriorate)
Greek
1 entries- σήψη noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Hebrew
1 entries- דעיכה noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Hungarian
4 entries- bomlás noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- hanyatlás noun (deterioration of condition)
- pusztulás noun (deterioration of condition)
- romlás noun (deterioration of condition)
Ido
1 entries- dekado noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Indonesian
4 entries- kemerosotan noun (deterioration of condition)
- pelapukan noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- pelapukan noun (deterioration of condition)
- peluruhan noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Irish
4 entries- meath noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- meath noun (deterioration of condition)
- meathlú noun (deterioration of condition)
- meath verb (to deteriorate)
Japanese
1 entries- 腐敗 noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Korean
3 entries- 부패 noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- 쇠약 noun (deterioration of condition)
- 부패하다 verb (to deteriorate)
Latin
2 entries- cariēs noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- tābēs noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Low German
1 entries- Fuulnis noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Macedonian
3 entries- влошу́вање noun (deterioration of condition)
- ра́спад noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- распа́ѓање noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Malay
3 entries- kerosakan noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- pereputan noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- susutan noun (deterioration of condition)
Malayalam
3 entries- ജീർണ്ണിക്കൽ noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- ജീർണ്ണിക്കൽ noun (deterioration of condition)
- ജീർണ്ണിക്കുക verb (to deteriorate)
Māori
4 entries- hanehane noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- popo noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- koropungapunga verb (to deteriorate)
- taimate verb (to deteriorate)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nedbryting noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Old English
1 entries- þreax noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- خراب noun (deterioration of condition)
Persian
4 entries- تباهی noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- واپاشی noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- تباهیدن verb (to deteriorate)
- واپاشیدن verb (to deteriorate)
Polish
3 entries- degradacja noun (deterioration of condition)
- rozkład noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- rozkład noun (deterioration of condition)
Portuguese
4 entries- apodrecimento noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- decomposição noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- deterioração noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- putrefação noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Romanian
3 entries- decădere noun (deterioration of condition)
- descompunere noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- descompune verb (to deteriorate)
Russian
4 entries- гние́ние noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- разложе́ние noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- распа́д noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- спад noun (deterioration of condition)
Sanskrit
1 entries- क्षय noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- crìonadh noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- mùthadh noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- raspad noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Spanish
4 entries- decadencia noun (deterioration of condition)
- decaimiento noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- decaimiento noun (deterioration of condition)
- descaecimiento noun (deterioration of condition)
Swedish
4 entries- förfall noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- förruttnelse noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- sönderfall noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- förfalla verb (to deteriorate)
Tagalog
1 entries- pugnaw noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Turkish
1 entries- fenalaşmak verb (to deteriorate)
Ukrainian
4 entries- розклад noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- розклада́ння noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- розлож noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
- розложення noun (process or result of being gradually decomposed)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
There is nothing that does not decay.
Source: tatoeba (19579)
Too many sweets cause your teeth to decay.
Source: tatoeba (21008)
Mere decay produces richer life.
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