See also: Dement and dément

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French dément, from Latin demens.

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Adjective

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dement

  1. (obsolete) insane, demented

Noun

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dement (plural dements)

  1. An insane person, or one afflicted with dementia

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

  1. (transitive) To drive mad; to craze

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin demens, dementis.

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dement m anim

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

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Further reading

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French dément, from Latin dēmēns, dēmentis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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dement (comparative dementer, superlative dementst)

  1. senile, demented

Declension

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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
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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin demens, dementis.

Pronunciation

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

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

  1. demented
  2. suffering from dementia

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Further reading

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

Latin

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Verb

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dēment

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēmō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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

  1. demented, suffering from dementia
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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

  1. demented, suffering from dementia
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French dément.

Noun

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dement m (plural demenți)

  1. demented

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative dement dementul demenți demenții
genitive-dative dement dementului demenți demenților
vocative dementule demenților

Swedish

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Adjective

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dement (comparative dementare, superlative dementast)

  1. demented (suffering from dementia)

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Inflection of dement
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular dement dementare dementast
neuter singular dement dementare dementast
plural dementa dementare dementast
masculine plural2 demente dementare dementast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 demente dementare dementaste
all dementa dementare dementaste

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.

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