dement

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See also: Dement and dément

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dément, from Latin demens.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

  • dement”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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

Declension of dement
uninflected dement
inflected demente
comparative dementer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dement dementer het dementst
het dementste
indefinite m./f. sing. demente dementere dementste
n. sing. dement dementer dementste
plural demente dementere dementste
definite demente dementere dementste
partitive dements dementers

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin demens, dementis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈmɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧ment

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

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)

  1. demented

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

dement (comparative dementare, superlative dementast)

  1. demented (suffering from dementia)

Declension

Inflection of dement
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dement dementare dementast
Neuter singular dement dementare dementast
Plural dementa dementare dementast
Masculine plural3 demente dementare dementast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 demente dementare dementaste
All dementa dementare dementaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

See also

References