Demeter

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmiːtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dəˈmiːtəɹ/, (nonstandard) /ˈdɛmɪtəɹ/

Proper noun

Demeter

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone. Her Roman counterpart is Ceres.
2. (astronomy) 1108 Demeter, a main belt asteroid.

References

• "Demeter" at Oxford Dictionaries Online
• "Demeter" at Merriam-Webster Online
• "Demeter" in Charles Harrington Elster's Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations, p. 137.

Anagrams

• metered

Alternative forms

• Démétér

Proper noun

Demeter f

1. Demeter (Greek goddess)

Further reading

• Demeter in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛmɛtɛr]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: De‧me‧ter

Proper noun

Demeter

1. A male given name..

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmɛtɛr/

Proper noun

Demeter m (genitive Demetra, nominative plural Demetrovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name..

Further reading

• Demeter in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk