deciduous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/ UK /dɪˈsɪdjuəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
of trees, shedding leaves yearly; not permanent

Oaks and maples are deciduous, bare each winter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · of trees, shedding leaves... leaf-sheddingtemporary impermanent ephemeral

Opposites

evergreen perennial permanent persistent

Word family

Forms deciduary

Derived forms deciduouslydeciduousness

Related forms decadence cadence

Etymology

From Latin dēciduus ('falling down, falling off'), from dēcidere ('to fall down'), from de- ('down') plus cadere ('to fall'), plus the suffix -ous.

dēciduus Latin cadere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Gardening & Horticulture Word Formation & Derivatives

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# deciduous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈsɪdjuəs/

## Meanings
1. of trees, shedding leaves yearly; not permanent

## Examples
- Oaks and maples are deciduous, bare each winter.

## Synonyms
- leaf-shedding
- temporary
- impermanent
- ephemeral

## Antonyms
- evergreen
- perennial
- permanent
- persistent

## Derived Forms
- deciduously
- deciduousness

## Related Forms
- decadence
- cadence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dēciduus
- Root: cadere

## Etymology
From Latin dēciduus ('falling down, falling off'), from dēcidere ('to fall down'), from de- ('down') plus cadere ('to fall'), plus the suffix -ous.

## AI Etymology
Deciduous is from Latin dēciduus ('falling down, falling off'), from dēcidere ('to fall down'), from de- ('down') plus cadere ('to fall'), plus the suffix -ous. Important recorded forms include dēciduus (Latin) and cadere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers of trees, shedding leaves yearly; not permanent. The wider family includes derived forms such as deciduously and deciduousness and related words such as decadence and cadence.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Gardening & Horticulture
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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