demi
See also: demi- and Demi
English
Etymology
From Middle English demi, from Anglo-Norman demi, from Latin dimidius. Literally, “half”.
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
demi (plural demis)
- Alternative spelling of demy.
- (slang) A fifty pence piece.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, 1/2 the volume of a standard bottle; a split.
- 2012, Time Out Paris, London: Time Out Guides, →ISBN, page 234:
- A croque-monsieur will set you back €6, a steak €12.50, and a demi of Stella €3.
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Adjective
demi (comparative more demi, superlative most demi)
- (informal) Demisexual.
- 2017, Tayari Jones, Atlanta Noir, →ISBN:
- “[...] I totally think she's demi.” “What?” “Demisexual? She only likes fucking people she's in love with, whereas I,” Maddie said, moving closer to Jordan, “like fucking anything and anyone. Everyone has such hang-ups about sex, it's like pathetic, you know? We are just, like, totally animals after all, evolved monkeys. I'm all for giving in to my primal instincts.”
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Anagrams
- Diem, Dime, IMed, dime, idem, meid
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dimedius, from Latin dīmidius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.mi/
demi (file)
Adjective
demi (feminine demie, masculine plural demis, feminine plural demies)
- half
Noun
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Cardinal: deux Ordinal: deuxième, second Ordinal abbreviation: 2e, 2d, (nonstandard) 2ème Multiplier: double Fractional: demi, moitié | ||
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demi m (plural demis)
- half (fraction)
- (used in time) half (half-hour)
- Il est cinq heures et demie.
- It is half past five.
- Elle sera là dans une demi-heure.(where “demi” indicates a fraction and where there is no agreement in gender and number)
- She will be here in half an hour.
- (Polynesia, France) a person of multiracial descent, usually a person with French and other non-European origin; mixed-race
- a glass of beer of 250 ml volume
Derived terms
- à demi
- à malin, malin et demi
- demi de mêlée
- demi d'ouverture
See also
- moitié
Further reading
- “demi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- dîme, idem
Indonesian
Preposition
demi
- for the sake of
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.miː/, [ˈd̪eːmiː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.mi/, [ˈd̪ɛːmi]
Etymology 1
See dēmō (“I remove, take away, or subtract”).
Verb
dēmī
- present passive infinitive of dēmō
Etymology 2
See dēmos (“a tract of land”, “[the common] people”).
Noun
dēmī m
- inflection of dēmos:
- genitive singular
- nominative/vocative plural
Turkish
Phrase
demi
- Misspelling of de mi.
- 2023 January 9, Twitter.com, archived from the original on January 11, 2023:
- şıkka bak “sen demi” puahahwhajaahsjs
- look at the option "youtoo?" hahahah
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- Nonstandard spelling of değil mi.
- Synonym: dimi