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5-letter words (2 found)

DEMON,MONDE,

4-letter words (10 found)

DEMO,DOEN,DOME,DONE,MEND,MENO,MODE,NODE,NOME,OMEN,

3-letter words (17 found)

DEN,DOE,DOM,DON,EMO,END,EON,MED,MEN,MOD,MOE,MON,NED,NOD,NOM,ODE,ONE,

2-letter words (13 found)

DE,DO,ED,EM,EN,ME,MO,NE,NO,OD,OE,OM,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 43 words from demon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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demon edmon dmeon mdeon emdon medon deomn edomn doemn odemn eodmn oedmn dmoen mdoen domen odmen moden omden emodn meodn eomdn oemdn moedn omedn demno edmno dmeno mdeno emdno medno denmo ednmo dnemo ndemo endmo nedmo dmneo mdneo dnmeo ndmeo mndeo nmdeo emndo mendo enmdo nemdo mnedo nmedo deonm edonm doenm odenm eodnm oednm denom ednom dneom ndeom endom nedom donem odnem dnoem ndoem ondem nodem eondm oendm enodm neodm onedm noedm dmone mdone domne odmne modne omdne dmnoe mdnoe dnmoe ndmoe mndoe nmdoe donme odnme dnome ndome ondme nodme monde omnde mnode nmode onmde nomde emond meond eomnd oemnd moend omend emnod menod enmod nemod mneod nmeod eonmd oenmd enomd neomd onemd noemd moned omned mnoed nmoed onmed nomed

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Definitions and meaning of demon

demon

For quotations using this term, see Citations:demon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiː.mən/
  • Rhymes: -iːmən
  • Homophone: daemon

Etymology 1

From Middle English demon, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dēmōn, daemōn (“lar, familiar spirit, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”). Doublet of daimon.

Alternative forms

  • (now chiefly in reference to the ancient Greek spirit): daimon, daemon, dæmon

Noun

demon (plural demons)

  1. An evil supernatural spirit.
    1. An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil. [from 10th c.]
    2. (now chiefly historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity. [from 10th c.]
    3. A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child. [from 16th c.]
    4. A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw. [from 17th c.]
    5. (in the plural) A person's fears or anxieties. [from 19th c.]
  2. A neutral supernatural spirit.
    1. A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse. [from 14th c.]
    2. (Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do. [from 16th c.]
    3. A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being. [from 19th c.]
    4. A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
      • 1874, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, “Kinetic Theory of the Dissipation of Energy” in Nature 9, 441-444:
  3. Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast. [from 19th c.]
  4. (card games) A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US. [from 19th c.]
    Coordinate term: Canfield
  5. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.
Usage notes

Meanings drawing on the neutral, ancient Greek conception now often distinguish themselves by the variant spellings daimon or daemon.

Synonyms
  • (evil spirit): See Thesaurus:demon
  • (neutral spirit): genius, tutelary deity, see also Thesaurus:god and Thesaurus:spirit
Hyponyms
  • (evil spirit): See Thesaurus:demon
  • (theoretical entity): Maxwell's demon
Derived terms
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Translations

Etymology 2

distinct electron motion +‎ -on

Noun

demon (plural demons)

  1. (physics) Acronym of distinct electron motion particle: A quasiparticle, a type of massless neutral electron excitation associated with superconductivity.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Related terms

Further reading

  • Pines' demon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

From Maxwell's demon; a derivation from “disk and execution monitor” is generally considered a backronym.

Alternative forms

  • daemon, dæmon

Noun

demon (plural demons)

  1. (computing) Alternative spelling of daemon

Anagrams

  • Emond, monde, moned

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin daemon (“lar, genius, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeː.mɔn/
  • Hyphenation: de‧mon

Noun

demon m (plural demonen or demons)

  1. genius, lar
  2. (uncommon) demon
    Synonyms: demoon, duivel

Finnish

Noun

demon

  1. genitive singular of demo

Anagrams

  • moden

Latin

Alternative forms

  • dēmum

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.mon/, [ˈd̪eːmɔn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.mon/, [ˈd̪ɛːmon]

Noun

dēmon m

  1. accusative singular of dēmos

Middle English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dēmōn, daemōn, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn). Doublet of tyme (“time”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛːˈmɔːn/

Noun

demon (plural demones)

  1. demon, devil, malicious spirit
  2. (rare) daimon, helpful spirit

Descendants

  • English: demon

References

  • “dēmōn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).

Noun

demon m (definite singular demonen, indefinite plural demoner, definite plural demonene)

  1. a demon

Derived terms

  • demonisere

Related terms

  • demonisk

References

  • “demon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).

Noun

demon m (definite singular demonen, indefinite plural demonar, definite plural demonane)

  1. a demon

Derived terms

  • demonisere

Related terms

  • demonisk

References

  • “demon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • demun

Etymology

From Latin daemōn, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn), though the plural seems to be from daemonia, the plural of the diminutive daemonium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲeṽon]

Noun

demon m (genitive demuin, nominative plural demna)

  1. demon, devil
  2. the Devil
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9d24

Declension

Descendants

  • Irish: deamhan
  • Scottish Gaelic: deamhan

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “demon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin daemon (“lar, genius, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English daemon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.mɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmɔn
  • Syllabification: de‧mon

Noun

demon m animal

  1. (mythology, religion) demon (evil supernatural spirit)
  3. (computing) daemon (running program that does not have a controlling terminal)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • demon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • demon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • dimon — regional, Moldova

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek δαίμονας (daímonas), partly through the intermediate of (South) Slavic *demonь. Compare also Aromanian demun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdemon]

Noun

demon m (plural demoni)

  1. demon
  2. (figuratively) a despicable person

Declension

Synonyms

  • diavol
  • drac

Antonyms

  • înger
  • sfânt

Related terms

  • demonic

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek δαίμονας (daímonas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /děmoːn/
  • Hyphenation: de‧mon

Noun

dèmōn m (Cyrillic spelling дѐмо̄н)

  1. demon

Declension

Derived terms

  • dèmōnskī

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • dæmon (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).

Noun

demon c

  1. a demon (evil spirit)
  2. (Greek mythology) a demon (neutral spirit)
  3. (in the plural) a demon (personification of anxiety and the like)

Declension

Related terms

  • demoni
  • demonisera
  • demonisk

See also

  • jävel (used in the sense of being a demon at something)

References

  • demon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • demon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • demon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • demon in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Source: wiktionary.org