🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

decina

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /deˈtʃi.na/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Danker/ˈdæŋ.kər/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Portò una decina di pelli alla conceria."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A historical unit or package consisting of ten items, particularly used in medieval trade for animal skins and hides.

    "The merchant recorded the delivery of five dakers of calfskins in the ledger."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the obsolete English term 'daker', historically denoting a group or pack of ten (especially of hides or skins), tracing back through Middle English and Old French from the Latin decuria. In modern specialized historical contexts, it has occasionally taken the variant spelling 'danker' to denote a batch or set of ten items.

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