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noun, feminine

décime

/de.sim/

noun, feminine/de.sim/plural: décimes

a coin valued at one-tenth of a franc minted prior to 1815; a 10-centime coin, minted up to 1999 and bearing the same value

From Middle French decime, décime, decyme, borrowed from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Compare the inherited doublet dîme.