No. 5,937 in French
decker
"Decker" is not a French word.
In a sentence
Le bus à deux étages est appelé double-decker en anglais.
The two-story bus is called double-decker in English.
Here, 'decker' is used as part of a compound word referring to the layers or levels of the bus.
Ce pâtissier fabrique des gâteaux très élevés, parfois avec plusieurs étages, comme un triple-decker.
This pastry chef makes very tall cakes, sometimes with several layers, like a triple-decker.
In this sentence, 'decker' again appears in a compound word, indicating the number of layers in the cake.
Les vieux films de gangsters montrent souvent des double-deckers traversant les ponts de la ville.
Old gangster films often show double-deckers crossing the city bridges.
Here, 'decker' describes the multi-story vehicles in the historical context of films.
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