demande

See also: demandé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French demande, from the verb demander.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.mɑ̃d/

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Noun

demande f (plural demandes)

1. request (act of requesting)

   à la demande ― on demand, to order

   à la demande de mon père ― at the request of my father

2. (economics) demand

   Coordinate term: offre

   l'offre et la demande ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. small fine (paid after breaking a rule)

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: demann

See also

• amende

Verb

demande

1. inflection of demander:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “demande”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

demande

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

Middle English

Noun

demande

1. alternative form of demaunde

Portuguese

Verb

demande

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

Spanish

Verb

demande

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