deme

See also: déme, dėmė, dėme, and dėmę

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “district”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diːm/

Noun

deme (plural demes)

  1. A township or other subdivision of ancient Attica.
  2. (ecology) A distinct local population of plants or animals.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

deme

  1. Rōmaji transcription of でめ

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.me/, [ˈdeː.mɛ]

Etymology 1

See dēmō (“I remove, take away, or subtract”).

Verb

dēme

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēmō

Etymology 2

See dēmos (“a tract of land”, “[the common] people”).

Noun

dēme m

  1. vocative singular of dēmos

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeme/

Verb

deme

  1. Compound of the formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dar, dé and the pronoun me.
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