deán

/deˈan/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
deanes

Meaning

  1. dean

    • El deán presidió la misa.

      The dean presided over Mass.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

decano

decano is the standard word for "dean," of a university faculty, or the senior member of a group; deán specifically refers to an ecclesiastical dean, a cathedral dean.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

deão

deão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dean."

Portuguese

decano

decano is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dean."

Practice

1 What does deán mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ presidió la misa.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches deán?

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