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dement

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See also: Dement and dément

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dément, from Latin demens.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dement (comparative more dement, superlative most dement)

  1. (obsolete) insane, demented

Noun

dement (plural dements)

  1. An insane person, or one afflicted with dementia

Verb

dement (third-person singular simple present dements, present participle dementing, simple past and past participle demented)

  1. (transitive) To drive mad; to craze

Derived terms

References

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Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēmēns, dēmentem.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Adjective

dement m or f (masculine and feminine plural dements)

  1. demented

Noun

dement m or f by sense (plural dements)

  1. dement (person affected by dementia)

Further reading

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin demens, dementis.

Pronunciation

Noun

dement m anim

  1. moron (personal insult implying stupidity)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák

Declension

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French dément, from Latin dēmēns, dēmentis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəˈmɛnt/, /deːˈmɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

dement (comparative dementer, superlative dementst)

  1. senile, demented

Declension

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin demens, dementis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dement (strong nominative masculine singular dementer, comparative dementer, superlative am dementesten)

  1. demented
  2. suffering from dementia

Declension

Further reading

  • dement” in Duden online
  • dement” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Latin

Verb

dēment

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēmō

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

dement (indefinite singular dement, definite singular and plural demente)

  1. demented, suffering from dementia

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

dement (indefinite singular dement, definite singular and plural demente)

  1. demented, suffering from dementia

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dément.

Noun

dement m (plural demenți, feminine equivalent dementă)

  1. demented person

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Swedish

Adjective

dement (comparative dementare, superlative dementast)

  1. demented (suffering from dementia)

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

See also

References

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