demente

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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

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

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

 

  • 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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dementem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈmente/
  • 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

Verb

demente

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

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

demente

  1. definite natural masculine singular of dement