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Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
demente
- inflection of dement:
- masculine/feminine singular attributive
- definite neuter singular attributive
- plural attributive
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
demente
- inflection of dement:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- 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)
- lunatic
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
demente
- definite singular/plural of dement
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
demente
- definite singular/plural of dement
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēmentem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
demente m or f (plural dementes)
- demented
- crazy
- Synonyms: louco, maluco, doido
- 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)
- crazy, insane
- Synonyms: loco, trastornado
- demented
Derived terms
Verb
demente
- inflection of dementar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
Swedish
Adjective
demente
- definite natural masculine singular of dement