Demeter

See also: Deméter, Demèter, Déméter, and Démétér

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmiːtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dəˈmiːtəɹ/, (nonstandard) /ˈdɛmɪtəɹ/

Proper noun

Demeter

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone.

   Coordinate term: (Roman counterpart) Ceres

2. (astronomy) 1108 Demeter, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

Greek goddess of the harvest

Albanian: Demetra f Arabic: ديميتر f (dimitir) Aragonese: Deméter f, Demetra f Armenian: Դեմետրա (hy) (Demetra) Asturian: Deméter f, Demetra f Azerbaijani: Demetra Belarusian: Дэметра f (Demjetra) Bengali: দেমেতের (demeter) Bulgarian: Деметра f (Demetra) Catalan: Demèter f, Demetra f Cherokee: ᏗᎻᏔ (dimita) Chinese: Mandarin: 得墨忒耳 (zh) (Démòtè'ěr) Coptic: ⲇⲏⲙⲏⲧⲏⲣ (dēmētēr) Czech: Démétér f, Demeter f Esperanto: Demetra Estonian: Demeter (et) French: Déméter (fr) f Galician: Deméter f Georgian: დემეტრა (demeṭra) German: Demeter (de) f Greek: Δήμητρα (el) f (Dímitra) Ancient: Δημήτηρ f (Dēmḗtēr) Hebrew: דֵמֵטֵר f Hindi: डिमीटर f (ḍimīṭar) Hungarian: Démétér Inuktitut: ᑎᒦᑎᕐ (timiitir) Irish: Déiméitéir m Italian: Demetra f Japanese: デメテル (Demeteru) Kazakh: Деметра (Demetra) Korean: 데메테르 (ko) (Demetereu) Latin: Dēmētēr (la) f Latvian: Dēmetra f Lithuanian: Demetra f Macedonian: Деметра f (Demetra) Malayalam: ഡിമീറ്റർ (ḍimīṟṟaṟ) Marathi: डिमिटर (ḍimiṭar) Occitan: Demetèr f Polish: Demeter (pl) f Portuguese: Deméter (pt) f, Demetra (pt) f Punjabi: ਡੇਮੀਟਰ (ḍemīṭar) Romanian: Demetra f Russian: Деме́тра (ru) f (Demétra) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Дѐметра f Roman: Dèmetra (sh) f Sicilian: Dimitra f Slovak: Demeter f, Démétér f Slovene: Demetra (sl) f Spanish: Demetra f, Deméter (es) Swahili: Demetra, Demita Swedish: Demeter (sv) c Tamil: டிமிடர் (ṭimiṭar) Tatar: Demetra Thai: ดิมีเทอร์ (dì mee têr) Turkish: Demeter (tr) Ukrainian: Деме́тра f (Demétra) Uzbek: Cyrillic: Деметра (Demetra) Roman: Demetra Veps: Demetra

asteroid

Portuguese: Deméter (pt) f

See also

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Further reading

• Demeter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Demeter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Demeter”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• "Demeter" in Charles Harrington Elster's Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations, p. 137.

Anagrams

• metered

Czech

Alternative forms

• Démétér

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛmɛtɛr]

Proper noun

Demeter f (relational adjective Demeteřin)

1. (Greek mythology) Demeter (Greek goddess)

Declension

Declension of Demeter (sg-only hard feminine // indeclinable feminine irreg-stem)

	singular
nominative	Demeter
genitive	Demetery, Demeter
dative	Demeteře, Demeter
accusative	Demeteru, Demeter
vocative	Demetero, Demeter
locative	Demeteře, Demeter
instrumental	Demeterou, Demeter

Further reading

• “Demeter”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Demeter (gudinde)

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

Proper noun

Demeter

1. (Greek mythology) Demeter

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Demeter

Wikipedia ^hu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛmɛtɛr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: De‧me‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Proper noun

Demeter

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Demetrius

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Demeter	Demeterek
accusative	Demetert	Demetereket
dative	Demeternek	Demetereknek
instrumental	Demeterrel	Demeterekkel
causal-final	Demeterért	Demeterekért
translative	Demeterré	Demeterekké
terminative	Demeterig	Demeterekig
essive-formal	Demeterként	Demeterekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Demeterben	Demeterekben
superessive	Demeteren	Demetereken
adessive	Demeternél	Demetereknél
illative	Demeterbe	Demeterekbe
sublative	Demeterre	Demeterekre
allative	Demeterhez	Demeterekhez
elative	Demeterből	Demeterekből
delative	Demeterről	Demeterekről
ablative	Demetertől	Demeterektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	Demeteré	Demetereké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Demeteréi	Demeterekéi

Possessive forms of Demeter

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Demeterem	Demeterjeim
2nd person sing.	Demetered	Demeterjeid
3rd person sing.	Demeterje	Demeterjei
1st person plural	Demeterünk	Demeterjeink
2nd person plural	Demeteretek	Demeterjeitek
3rd person plural	Demeterjük	Demeterjeik

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈmeː.teːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈmɛː.ter]

Noun

Dēmētēr f

1. Demeter

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Dēmētēr
genitive	Dēmētros
dative	Dēmētri
accusative	Dēmētra
ablative	Dēmētre
vocative	Dēmēter

See also

• Persephone
• Proserpina
• Posidon

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Demeter

Wikipedia ^pl

Alternative forms

• Demetra

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Demeter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈmɛ.tɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛtɛr
• Syllabification: De‧me‧ter

Proper noun

Demeter f (indeclinable)

1. (Greek mythology) Demeter (goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone)
2. (astronomy) 1108 Demeter (main belt asteroid)

Further reading

• Demeter in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Demeter in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Demeter.

Proper noun

Demeter m (genitive/dative lui Demeter)

1. a surname from Hungarian

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎, Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdemecer]

Proper noun

Demeter m pers (genitive singular Demetra, nominative plural Demetrovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name
2. a surname

Declension

Declension of Demeter

	singular	plural
nominative	Demeter	Demetrovia
genitive	Demetra	Demetrov
dative	Demetrovi	Demetrom
accusative	Demetra	Demetrov
locative	Demetrovi	Demetroch
instrumental	Demetrom	Demetrami

Derived terms

• Demo, Demko
• Dimo, Dimko
• Mitro
• Miťo, Miťko

Further reading

• “Demeter”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

Proper noun

Demeter c (genitive Demeters)

1. (Greek mythology) Demeter

See also

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Afrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hefaistos, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

Demeter

Wikipedia ^tr

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr)

Proper noun

Demeter

1. (Greek mythology) Demeter