demente

See also: démente

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

demente

1. inflection of dement:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

demente

1. inflection of dement:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēmentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈmɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: de‧mèn‧te

Noun

demente m or f by sense (plural dementi)

1. lunatic

Related terms

• demenza
• mente

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

demente

1. definite singular/plural of dement

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

demente

1. definite singular/plural of dement

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēmentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈmẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: de‧men‧te

Adjective

demente m or f (plural dementes)

1. demented
2. crazy

   Synonyms: louco, maluco, doido

3. stupid, idiotic

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Related terms

• demência
• mente

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dementem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈmente/ [d̪eˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: de‧men‧te

Adjective

demente m or f (masculine and feminine plural dementes)

1. crazy, insane

   Synonyms: loco, trastornado

2. demented

Derived terms

• dementemente

 

Related terms

• demencia
• mente

 

Verb

demente

1. inflection of dementar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “demente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Adjective

demente

1. definite natural masculine singular of dement