dekametre

Other forms of dekametre

plural

dekametres·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dekametre

What does dekametre mean?

dekametre means "a metric unit of length equal to ten meters".

How many syllables are in dekametre?

dekametre has 3 syllables: de-ka-metre. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for dekametre?

Close synonyms include decameter, dekameter, decametre, dam, dkm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dekametre a common word?

dekametre is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.