demigod

See also: demi-god

English

Alternative forms

• demi-god

Etymology

demi- +‎ god. Calque of the Latin semideus (“half-god”), which is probably a coining by the Roman poet Ovid for less important gods such as dryads.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmɪɡɒd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmɪɡɑd/

Noun

demigod (plural demigods)

1. A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
2. A lesser deity.

Synonyms

• (offspring of a deity and a mortal): half-god, hero

Translations

a half-god or hero

• Arabic: نِصْف إِلٰه‎ m (niṣf ʾilāh)
• Armenian: կիսաստված (hy) (kisastvac), դյուցազն (hy) (dyucʿazn)
• Belarusian: паўбо́г m (paŭbóh)
• Bulgarian: полубо́г m (polubóg)
• Catalan: semidéu (ca) m, semideessa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半神半人 (zh) (bànshénbànrén), 半神 (bànshén)

• Czech: polobůh (cs) m
• Danish: halvgud c, halvgud c
• Dutch: halfgod (nl) m
• Estonian: pooljumal
• Finnish: puolijumala (fi)
• French: demi-dieu (fr) m
• German: Halbgott (de) m
• Greek: ημίθεος (el) m (imítheos), ήρωας (el) m (íroas)

  Ancient Greek: ἡμίθεος m (hēmítheos)

• Hungarian: félisten (hu)
• Ido: mideo (io)
• Italian: semidio (it) m
• Japanese: 半神 (はんしん, hanshin)
• Kazakh: жарты құдай (jartı quday)
• Korean: 반신반인 (ko) (bansinbanin), 반신 (ko) (bansin)

• Latin: semideus m
• Macedonian: полубог m (polubog)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halvgud m

  Nynorsk: halvgud m

• Polish: półbóg (pl) m
• Portuguese: semideus (pt) m
• Romanian: semizeu (ro) m
• Russian: полубо́г (ru) m (polubóx)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̏лубо̄г m

  Roman: pȍlubōg (sh) m,

• Slovak: poloboh m
• Slovene: polbog (sl) m
• Spanish: semidiós m
• Swahili: nusumungu
• Swedish: halvgud c
• Turkish: yarıtanrı
• Ukrainian: напівбо́г m (napivbóh)
• Vietnamese: á thần
• Volapük: (male or female) lafagod (vo)

a lesser deity

• Catalan: semidéu (ca) m, semideessa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 次神 (cìshén)

• Danish: halvgud c
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} godje (nl) n, lagere godheid
• Finnish: puolijumala (fi)
• German: Halbgott (de) m
• Greek: ημίθεος (el) m (imítheos)
• Hungarian: félisten (hu)
• Italian: semidio (it) m

• Macedonian: полубожество n (polubožestvo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halvgud m

  Nynorsk: halvgud m

• Polish: bóstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: semideus (pt) m
• Russian: божество́ (ru) n (božestvó), полубо́г (ru) m (polubóx), божо́к (ru) m (božók)
• Swahili: nusumungu

Anagrams

• Megiddo