LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

decennālis

decennālis (neuter decennāle)
Classical[dɛ.kɛnˈnaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[de.t͡ʃenˈnaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationdecennal, of or related to a 10-year period

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedecennālisdecennālisdecennāle
genitivedecennālisdecennālisdecennālis
dativedecennālīdecennālīdecennālī
accusativedecennālemdecennālemdecennāle
ablativedecennālīdecennālīdecennālī
vocativedecennālisdecennālisdecennāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedecennālēsdecennālēsdecennālia
genitivedecennāliumdecennāliumdecennālium
dativedecennālibusdecennālibusdecennālibus
accusativedecennālīs
decennālēs		decennālīs
decennālēs		decennālia
ablativedecennālibusdecennālibusdecennālibus
vocativedecennālēsdecennālēsdecennālia

dĕcennālis, e, adj. decem-annus,
I. of ten years, decennial (late Lat.; cf. decennis): bellum, i. e. Caesar's in Gaul, Amm. 15, 12, 6; of the Trojan war, Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 48.—
II. Subst.: DECENNALIA (ium, n.), a festival celebrated every ten years after the time of Augustus, Trebell. Gallien. 21, 5; Inscr. Grut. 116, 4; v. decennis fin.

Origins

From decennis (“10-year”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from decem (“ten”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjs”). Equivalent to decem + annāles (“of or related to a year”).

Descendants
  • Englishdecennal
  • Frenchdécennal
  • Italiandecennale

In English words that came into English from decennālis

  • decennaldecennālis

Quick answers

What does decennālis mean in Latin?
decennālis, a adjective, means “decennal, of or related to a 10-year period”.
How do you pronounce decennālis?
In classical Latin, [dɛ.kɛnˈnaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.t͡ʃenˈnaː.lis].