demi
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English demi, from Anglo-Norman demi, from Latin dimidius. Literally, “half”.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
demi (plural demis)
- Alternative spelling of demy.
- (slang) A fifty pence piece.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, half the volume of a standard bottle; a split.
- A small glass used chiefly in France (especially for beer) holding 250 mililiters.
- 1928, Jean Rhys, Quartet, Penguin, published 2000, page 34:
- The place was empty save for a big man who was sitting opposite drinking a demi of dark beer.
Adjective edit
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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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dimedius, from Latin dīmidius.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
demi (feminine demie, masculine plural demis, feminine plural demies)
Noun edit
← 1 | 2 | 3 → |
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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
- (Quebec, real estate) bathroom
- Appartements 3 1/2 pièces à louer à Montréal
- 3.5 room apartments (an apartment unit with a kitchen, a bedroom and a living room, plus a bathroom) for rent in Montreal
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “demi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Preposition edit
demi
- for the sake of
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.miː/, [ˈd̪eːmiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.mi/, [ˈd̪ɛːmi]
Etymology 1 edit
See dēmō (“I remove, take away, or subtract”).
Verb edit
dēmī
Etymology 2 edit
See dēmos (“a tract of land”, “[the common] people”).
Noun edit
dēmī m
Turkish edit
Phrase edit
demi
- Misspelling of de mi.
- 2023 January 9, Twitter.com[1], archived from the original on January 11, 2023:
- şıkka bak “sen demi” puahahwhajaahsjs
- look at the option "youtoo?" hahahah
- Nonstandard spelling of değil mi.
- Synonym: dimi