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单词 demo
释义

demo

See also: Demo, démo, demó, demo-, de mo, and démo-

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛm.əʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛm.oʊ/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛməʊ

Etymology 1

Clipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-".

Noun

demo (plural demos)

  1. (informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.
    The professor prepared a demo to help her class understand the topic.
    • 2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Traction transition: HST to Azuma”, in Rail, page 33:
      ER received the first of its own HSTs on September 7 1977, with a handover taking place at York. It then worked a demo run to Darlington with power cars 43057 and 43056.
  2. (informal) A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.
    After hearing the demo the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.
  3. (informal) An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.
    Synonym: floor model
  4. (informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.
    Synonyms: march, demonstration
    • 2007, Indra Sinha, Animal's People, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      Elli standing there, takes a sip of her tea, fixes hostile eyes on Somraj and says, ‘Well, what are you waiting for? You signed the petition against yourself, will you now join our demo against you?’
  5. (computing, informal) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
    The game's developers released a demo version to the public 3 months before the full release.
  6. (computing, demoscene, informal) A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
    • 1995, "dro...@vnet.ibm.com", Demo review - Killing time by oxyron (on newsgroup alt.sys.amiga.demos)
      Effect 6: Gouraud spacecut - Probably the worst effect in the demo - has been done miles better before!
    • 1996, "John Bus", Amiga Domain - An Aussie Scene Party! (on newsgroup alt.sys.amiga.demos)
      This party will have it all for the Amiga scener: demos, competitions, dealers, and huge projection screen and sound system to entertain you.
    • 2007, Game Face (issues 21-25)
      Though the idea of procedural textures has been around for years, they have primarily been exploited by the demo scene, made famous by impressive demos like kkrieger, and haven't hit it big in the game industry yet […]
    • 2008, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1
      A very successful PC demo from 1993, Second Reality from Future Crew […]
  7. (informal) A democrat.
  8. (informal, collective) A demographic group.
    • 2000 September 21, Hal Foster, “Slumming with Rappers at the Roxy”, in London Review of Books‎, volume 22, number 18, ISSN 0260-9592:
      No more ‘is it good?’ or even ‘is it original?’, only ‘does it work in the demo?’ – ‘demo’ as in ‘demographics’, not to be confused with ‘democracy’, much less ‘demonstration’.
    • 2005, Market Watch (page 41)
      Our target demo is sports-minded families, and a good part of our clientele is moms who are with dad and the kids.
    • 2018 June 11, Josef Adalian, “Inside the Binge Factory”, in New York Magazine‎:
      Where taste communities and Nielsen demos differ is in the way they’re used. Demo ratings are how linear networks measure success; taste communities are the tool Netflix relies on to drive viewers to new material it estimates they might want to watch.
  9. (informal) Demolition.
Derived terms
  • demogroup
  • demo reel
  • demoscene
  • demo tape
  • rolling demo
Descendants
  • → Portuguese: demo
Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of demonstrate.

Verb

demo (third-person singular simple present demos, present participle demoing, simple past and past participle demoed)

  1. (informal) To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.
    The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record.
  2. (informal) To demonstrate.

Etymology 3

Clipping of demolish.

Verb

demo (third-person singular simple present demos, present participle demoing, simple past and past participle demoed)

  1. (informal) To demolish (especially a house or fixture).
    • 2004 June 29, Sonja, Salvage Materials before Demolition of House, quoted in The Owner-Builder Book: Construction Bargain Strategies →ISBN, page 336:
      This means we are going to demo the house to the dirt, or hopefully leave one wall standing.

Anagrams

  • Dome, E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, dome, mode

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English demo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdemo/, [ˈde̞mo̞]
  • Rhymes: -emo
  • Syllabification(key): de‧mo

Noun

demo

  1. demo (brief demonstration)

Declension

Inflection of demo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominativedemodemot
genitivedemondemojen
partitivedemoademoja
illativedemoondemoihin
singularplural
nominativedemodemot
accusativenom.demodemot
gen.demon
genitivedemondemojen
partitivedemoademoja
inessivedemossademoissa
elativedemostademoista
illativedemoondemoihin
adessivedemollademoilla
ablativedemoltademoilta
allativedemolledemoille
essivedemonademoina
translativedemoksidemoiksi
instructive—demoin
abessivedemottademoitta
comitative—demoineen
Possessive forms of demo (type valo)
possessorsingularplural
1st persondemonidemomme
2nd persondemosidemonne
3rd persondemonsa

Derived terms

  • demoskene

Anagrams

  • Edmo, mode

Galician

Demos ("demons"), 15th century, church of Labrada, Guitiriz, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese demõ (“demon; devil”), from Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.mo̝/

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

  1. devil; demon
    Synonyms: diabo, diaño
  2. (uncountable) the Devil
  3. (figurative) an evil person
    O demo ós seus quer. (proverb) ― Devil loves his own people.
  4. (figurative) a playful kid

References

  • “demo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “demo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “demo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “demo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “demo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.mo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmo
  • Hyphenation: dè‧mo

Noun

demo m (plural demi)

  1. demo
  2. deme

Anagrams

  • medo, mode

Japanese

Romanization

demo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of でも

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.moː/, [ˈd̪eːmoː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.mo/, [ˈd̪ɛːmo]

Etymology 1

From dē- (“from, away from, out of”) +‎ emō (“I acquire, I obtain”).

Verb

dēmō (present infinitive dēmere, perfect active dēmpsī, supine dēmptum); third conjugation

  1. I remove, take away, or subtract
    Synonyms: rapiō, auferō, abdūcō, removeō, adimō, ēripiō, tollō, āmoveō, āvertō, eximō, legō, abdō
Conjugation
   Conjugation of dēmō (third conjugation)
indicativesingularplural
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
activepresentdēmōdēmisdēmitdēmimusdēmitisdēmunt
imperfectdēmēbamdēmēbāsdēmēbatdēmēbāmusdēmēbātisdēmēbant
futuredēmamdēmēsdēmetdēmēmusdēmētisdēment
perfectdēmpsīdēmpsistīdēmpsitdēmpsimusdēmpsistisdēmpsērunt,
dēmpsēre
pluperfectdēmpseramdēmpserāsdēmpseratdēmpserāmusdēmpserātisdēmpserant
future perfectdēmpserōdēmpserisdēmpseritdēmpserimusdēmpseritisdēmpserint
passivepresentdēmordēmeris,
dēmere		dēmiturdēmimurdēmiminīdēmuntur
imperfectdēmēbardēmēbāris,
dēmēbāre		dēmēbāturdēmēbāmurdēmēbāminīdēmēbantur
futuredēmardēmēris,
dēmēre		dēmēturdēmēmurdēmēminīdēmentur
perfectdēmptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfectdēmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfectdēmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctivesingularplural
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
activepresentdēmamdēmāsdēmatdēmāmusdēmātisdēmant
imperfectdēmeremdēmerēsdēmeretdēmerēmusdēmerētisdēmerent
perfectdēmpserimdēmpserīsdēmpseritdēmpserīmusdēmpserītisdēmpserint
pluperfectdēmpsissemdēmpsissēsdēmpsissetdēmpsissēmusdēmpsissētisdēmpsissent
passivepresentdēmardēmāris,
dēmāre		dēmāturdēmāmurdēmāminīdēmantur
imperfectdēmererdēmerēris,
dēmerēre		dēmerēturdēmerēmurdēmerēminīdēmerentur
perfectdēmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfectdēmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperativesingularplural
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
activepresent—dēme——dēmite—
future—dēmitōdēmitō—dēmitōtedēmuntō
passivepresent—dēmere——dēmiminī—
future—dēmitordēmitor——dēmuntor
non-finite formsactivepassive
presentperfectfuturepresentperfectfuture
infinitivesdēmeredēmpsissedēmptūrum essedēmīdēmptum essedēmptum īrī
participlesdēmēns—dēmptūrus—dēmptusdēmendus,
dēmundus
verbal nounsgerundsupine
genitivedativeaccusativeablativeaccusativeablative
dēmendīdēmendōdēmendumdēmendōdēmptumdēmptū
Derived terms
  • demptiō
  • vīndēmia
Descendants
  • Asturian: demer, dimir

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dēmō

  1. dative/ablative singular of dēmos

References

  • “demo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “demo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • demo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to undeceive a person: alicui errorem demere, eripere, extorquere
    • to make a thing credible: fidem facere, afferre alicui rei (opp. demere, de-, abrogare fidem)
    • to deliver some one from slavery: iugum servile alicui demere
  • “demo”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • “demo”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈde.mo/

Noun

demo m (plural demões)

  1. (uncountable, Christianity) the Devil; Satan
    • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 3 (facsimile):
      Eſta é de como ſanta maria fez cobrar a Theophilo a carta que fezera cono demo u ſe tornou ſeu vaſſalo.
      This one is (about) how Holy Mary recovered for Theophilos the contract he had made with the Devil and became his vassal.
  2. a devil; a demon
    • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):
      e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar
      and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

Synonyms

  • (Satan): diabo, Locifer, satanas
  • (devil): demonio, diablo, diaboo, diabre

Descendants

  • Galician: demo
  • Portuguese: demo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese demo (“demon; devil”), from Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdẽ.mu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈde.mo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈde.mu/

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

  1. devil; demon
    Synonyms: capeta, demónio, diabo, diabrete

Etymology 2

From English demo, from demonstration.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdẽ.mu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈde.mo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.mu/, /ˈde.mu/

Noun

demo f (plural demos)

  1. (computing) demo (a software edition of limited functionality)

Adjective

demo m or f (plural demos, not comparable)

  1. (computing, of a software) of limited functionality

Spanish

Noun

demo m (plural demos)

  1. (music) demo

Further reading

  • “demo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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